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[Call to Order]
WELCOME TO OUR MARCH 15TH, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION AND, UM, COUNCIL, WOMAN, LADY LOPEZ V AUTO IS ABSENT TODAY.
JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT SHE'S OKAY.
UM, TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR TONY RODRIGUEZ FROM CALVARY CHAPEL, NEW BEGINNINGS, WEST COVINA, AND THAT WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
UH, PLEASE STAND GOD, OUR FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE, YOUR MERCY AND YOUR GRACE.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO LIVE AT SUCH A TIME AS THIS.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU HAVE APPOINTED THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE POLICIES AND THE DIRECTION FOR THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE WISDOM AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU IMPART UPON YOUR PEOPLE, OUR INTELLECT, OUR HEART, OUR SPIRIT, OUR STRENGTH, OUR TALENTS, AND OUR GIFTS HAVE ALL BEEN GIVEN TO US BY YOUR SOVEREIGN.
WILL WE KNOW THAT EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS BECAUSE OF YOU AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN CREATED WAS CREATED TO BRING YOU GLORY AND HONOR, WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE MEN AND THE WOMEN WHO YOU HAVE PLACED TO SERVE AND DIRECT THE CITY FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS MOST NOTABLY MAYOR DARRIO GUSTA YANOS MAYOR PRO TEMP, ROSARIO DIAZ, COUNCIL WOMEN LET THE LOPEZ BEATO COUNCIL MEMBER, BRIAN TBA, TOM, BY COUNCILMEN, TONY.
I HUMBLY ASK THAT YOU IMPART YOUR KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND WISDOM UPON ALL IN ORDER THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING CAN EFFECTIVELY RESPOND TO THE ISSUES AT HAND, AS THEY LOOK TO AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT FOR THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS REHABILITATION PROGRAM, AS THEY CONSIDER PURCHASING POLICE SUV'S AND THE NEEDED EQUIPMENT FOR THESE VEHICLES, AS THEY CONSIDER THE URGENCY ORDINANCE TO IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS OF CALIFORNIA'S SHORT LIVED CLIMATE ALUGHTEN REDUCTION LAW, AS THEY CONSIDER ADJUSTING THE BOUNDARIES OF CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND ADOPTING A NEW COUNCIL DISTRICT MAP FOR WEST COVINA, I PRAY THAT THE DECISIONS MADE TODAY WOULD BE FRUITFUL AND BENEFICIAL FOR ALL HELP US TO BE UNITED FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF THIS CITY.
HELP US TO SEE FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND NOT OUR OWN HELP US TO BE THE LEADERS THAT YOU BRING THAT BRING YOU GLORY AND HONOR IN CLOSING, I THANK YOU.
HEAVENLY FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST FOR GIVING US YOUR EAR TO HEAR THIS HUMBLE REQUEST, AS YOU DIRECT US ALL, AND I PRAY THIS IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
PLEASE FACE THE FLAG, PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART, BUT HE BEGAN THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN WU, MAYOR PRO TEM T S.
LLANOS NOTING THAT COUNCILMAN LOPEZ V AUTO IS ABSENT.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING TO REPORT MR. MAYOR.
[PRESENTATIONS]
THIS EVENING WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS.THE FIRST ONE WILL BE, UM, OUR YOUNG LADIES SOCCER
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TEAM.SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE HEAD COACH, MR. GILBERT CUSTER, RITA TO THE FRONT AND ALSO MR. SERGIO RETA ASSISTANT COACH YADIRA.
ANGUIANO THE TEAM MANAGER AND ANTOINETTE LEE GOALIE TRAINER, THE WEST COVINA RAIN GIRLS SOCCER TEAM WON THE SEVEN ELITE ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE HERE FOR THIS TONIGHT.
UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US SOME BACKGROUND ON THE TEAM AND THE, THE TOURNAMENT AND THE PLAYERS AND TEAMS AND WHERE THEY CAME FROM? I KNOW THERE WAS A WRITE-UP IN THE PAPER, BUT I'LL LET YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT IT.
SO WE STARTED THIS TEAM, UH, FOR YEARS WHERE YEARS AGO WE WERE A SIGNATURE TEAMS, SHOWS, RECREATION, THEIR SIGNATURE, AND THERE'S A CLUB TEAM.
WE STARTED FOUR YEARS AGO AS THE SIGNATURE.
WE MOVED UP VERY QUICKLY UP TO A SILVER TEAM.
NOW WE ARE, AND THERE'S SILVER, LEETON AND GOLD, AND IT GOES TO ACADEMY AND UP ALL THE WAY UP TO PROFESSIONAL.
UM, THE GIRLS HAVE COME TOGETHER REALLY QUICK IN THEIR PLANE, THE WAY THEY WORK TOGETHER, THE WITH THEY COMMUNICATE THEIR DEDICATION TO THE SPORT.
UM, THE RESPECT THEY HAVE FOR EACH OTHER, FOR THIS BOAT, SPORT AND MYSELF, WE'RE HARD.
WILL WE KNOW THAT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THE WORK IN AND WHEN WE DO GET ON THEM AND WHEN WE LET THEM PLAY, WE LET THEM PLAY.
WE, THIS IS OUR THIRD TOURNAMENT THAT WE WON.
ONE IN WALNUT FOR THANKSGIVING, WE WON ONE, A BIG ONE TO NIKE ARSENAL TOURNAMENT THAT WAS IN UPLAND.
I BELIEVE IT WAS, THAT WAS THEIR TERM.
WE BAKED THEM ON THEIR HOME FIELD.
SO WEST CAMINO, RIGHT? WE WENT, UH, WE WENT TO UTAH THIS PAST, PAST ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WE WENT SHOOTS.
ALL THESE TOURNAMENTS IS A BIG TERM OF TEAMS COME FROM, FROM ENGLAND, ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I WAS LITTLE NERVOUS THINKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK.
IT'S A LONG DRIVE HOME, YOU KNOW, BUT THE GIRLS PLAYED EXCELLENT.
THEY GOT BETTER AND BETTER AS IT WENT ON.
WHEN WE GOT TO THE FINAL GAME, THEY WERE ON THEIR GAME.
PEOPLE FROM UTAH, THEY WERE NOT JUST LOOKING AT US LIKE THIS, CALIFORNIA.
THEY, THEY, THEY PUT THE WORK IN, THEY DEDICATE THEMSELVES AND THEY PUT THE WORK IN FOR, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME AS A COACH.
I COULDN'T EVEN PROVIDE THEM LIKE A TEACHER AND WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW.
IT'S HOW THEY USE IT IS WHAT IS WHY THEY'RE HERE TODAY.
CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES WAY TO MAKE WEST COVINA PROUD.
AND CONGRATS ON ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
UM, AND WE HAVE SOME CERTIFICATES FOR THEM.
AND EVERYONE'S HERE, RIGHT? YES.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE JACELYN CAMACHO, COME UP, PLEASE.
LET'S SEE WHY DON'T WE HAVE YOU.
YEAH, YOU COULD START LINING UP HERE AND YOU COULD ALL LINE UP THAT WAY.
MADELINE ARECHIGA CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU'RE WELCOME KATELYN TO NAUGHTY.
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CONGRATULATIONS.HOW FAR AHEAD? COACH GILBERT CUSTER RITA THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ASSISTANT COACH, SERGIO SERGIO RETA, YOU MANAGER, YADIRA ON GHANA, GRADUATIONS AND GOALIE TRAINER.
AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE HERE FOR WINNING, MAKING US PROUD.
AND UM, WHY DON'T WE SQUEEZE IN FOR A PHOTO PLEASE? THREE CONGRATULATIONS.
ALSO, WE'LL LIKE TO THANK RUBY FORNIER, OUR LEAGUE PRESIDENT, BECAUSE WE STARTED IT ALL AT WEST COVINA, THE SOCCER LEAGUE.
AND THANK YOU FOR ADDING THAT.
WHAT A JOY TO SEE THESE WINNERS.
UH, BRINGS US TO OUR SECOND PRESENTATION OF THE EVENING PRESENTATION BY THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT.
WOULD YOU COME UP PLEASE? FORMER MAYOR LLOYD JOHNSON IS HERE FROM VECTOR CONTROL.
HEY, HOW DO YOU STRANGER? GOOD EVENING.
COUNCIL IS LIKE RIDING A HORSE.
YOU KNOW, YOU FALL OFF, BUT YOU GOT TO GET BACK ON.
FIRST TIME I STOOD IN SIDE IS 40 AND FOR A LONG TIME, BUT GOOD EVENING.
MA'AM CUSTOMER ALMOST FOUR 10, THE COUNCILOR MURAL AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT DUBAI.
IT'S GOOD HERE TO SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN, I'M HERE FOR ONE REASON TO REMIND EVERYBODY
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I AM YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, WHEREAS CONVENIENCE TO THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, VECTOR MOSQUITO.AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCILMAN MACASSA FOR REAPPOINTING ME THEN FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.
SO I'M GOING TO BE HERE FOR AWHILE SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOW UNDER INTRODUCE IN THE SECOND ARE OUR COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR, LEVY SON.
HE'S GONNA PUT ON A PRESENTATION AND JUST BEHIND EVERYBODY KNOW YOU, NO MOSQUITOES.
WE KNOW HOW THEY ARE THIS PAST TIME.
I WALK OUT MY BACKYARD AND YOU COULDN'T SIT ON MY PATIO BECAUSE IT WAS SO BAD.
BUT AS LONG AS THINGS AS RETICENT WE CAN DO TO HELP, YOU KNOW, WITH, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM CALL, IF YOU DON'T CALL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM.
YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEY CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH ME, OR THEY CAN GIVE YOU MY PHONE NUMBER EACH WAY.
EVERYONE IS GONNA GIVE A RESIDENT MY PHONE NUMBER.
IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM AND I'D BE WILLING TO TAKE CARE OF IT FOR THEM.
BUT THIS TIME I WANT INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR AND LET HIM TAKE OVER THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S GOOD SEEING YOU GUYS AGAIN.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IT'S GREAT TO ACTUALLY BE BACK AGAIN.
I'M THE, UH, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AT THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT.
UH, OUR PRIMARY TASK IS TO PREVENT MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASE OUTBREAKS HERE IN YOUR CITY, PLUS 25 OTHER CITIES ACROSS SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
YOU MAY NOTICE MOSQUITOES COMING UP, ESPECIALLY AS THE WEATHER CONSISTENTLY BECOMES WARMER.
IF THE NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE 55 DEGREES CONSISTENTLY, AND WE'RE SEEING 70 PLUS DEGREE WEATHER DURING THE DAY, YOU'RE BOUND TO HAVE MOSQUITOES.
I DON'T WANT, I WANT TO CAVEAT HERE THAT IF YOU NOTICE ANY INSECT LARGER THAN THE SIZE OF A QUARTER, THAT LOOKS LIKE A MOSQUITO BOUNCING AROUND YOUR PORCH.
THIS IS YOUR ANNUAL REMINDER THAT THOSE ARE CRANE FLIES AND THEY DO NOT BITE.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY A GREAT FOOD SOURCE FOR BIRDS.
THEY ARE FREAKY TO BOUNCE AROUND YOUR, YOUR, IN YOUR FACE, BUT, UM, THERE, YOU COULD LEAVE THEM ALONE.
THE MOSQUITOES ARE ACTUALLY A QUARTER INCH LONG, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
NOW I'M ABOUT TO BUG OUT WITH YOU GUYS HERE, CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO.
THERE ARE TWO MAJOR GROUPS OF MOSQUITOES HERE IN YOUR CITY.
THE FIRST GROUP IS CALLED CULEX MOSQUITOES AND THESE CULEX MOSQUITOES PREFER TO BUY BIRDS.
IN FACT, YOU'RE ACTUALLY USED TO THESE CULEX MOSQUITOES.
IF YOU GREW UP IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NOW, UNFORTUNATELY THOSE MOSQUITOES DON'T ALWAYS GET BIRDS TO BITE BECAUSE THE WAY WE'VE URBANIZED HAVE CHANGED IN THE PAST DECADES.
SO OF COURSE THEY BITE PEOPLE AND WHEN THEY DO, THEY CAN PASS A BIRD DISEASE CALLED WEST NILE VIRUS TO PEOPLE.
AND THAT'S HOW WE GET WEST NILE VIRUS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS ONE IN FIVE PEOPLE WHO DO GET INFECTED, HAVE FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS. SO IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE COLD FLU AND MAYBE EVEN MILD CASES OF COVID-19 WILL FEEL VERY SIMILAR TO THAT.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A CHANCE THAT LESS THAN 1% WILL ACTUALLY END UP IN THE HOSPITAL WITH A NEURO INVASIVE DISORDER.
UH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID.
NOW THE SECOND GROUP OF MOSQUITOES ARE CALLED EIGHTIES MOSQUITOES.
THEY ARE INVASIVE, THEY ACTUALLY DON'T BELONG HERE.
THEY ARRIVED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITHIN THE PAST 11 YEARS AND THEY HAVE WRECK HAVOC ACROSS MULTIPLE CITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA.
THEY ARE ALSO CALLED ANKLE BITERS.
UM, THEY'RE BLACK AND WHITE, VERY SMALL, AND THEY'RE REALLY SNEAKY.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THE PRESENCE OF THEM IN YOUR CITY AND ALSO THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MEANS THAT THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR AN OUTBREAK OF ZIKA, DENGUE FEVER, YELLOW FEVER, AND CHICKEN GUNA.
UH, CURRENTLY THERE HAS BEEN NO CONFIRMED OUTBREAK OF THESE MOSQUITOES, UH, DISEASES, BUT WE ARE, WE DO HAVE MECHANISMS TO DETECT THEM.
AND WHAT MAKES THEM DIFFERENT FROM THE NATIVE CULEX MOSQUITOES IS THAT THEY BITE ALL DAY.
IF YOU EVER WALKED OUT YOUR DOOR TO PICK UP MAYO OR ANYTHING AND COME BACK WITH A COUPLE BITES, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE.
IS ARE THESE EIGHTIES MOSQUITOES? AND THEY ARE CONSIDERED SNACKERS AS WELL.
THEY'VE EVOLVED TO BE WITH PEOPLE SO THEY KNOW HOW WE ACT.
THEY KNOW THAT WE MOVE AROUND A LOT.
SO WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL BITE ONCE AND THEN WE'LL HEAR COME BACK AROUND AGAIN, A COUPLE OF SECONDS LATER AND BITE YOU AT A DIFFERENT SPOT.
SO YOU'RE SITTING THERE GETTING 20 BITES.
IT COULD REALLY WELL JUST BE TWO OR THREE MOSQUITOES OF EIGHTIES.
AND THE CULPRIT, AS WE ALL KNOW NOW IS STAGNANT WATER OF ALL TYPES.
SO THAT'S A BOTTLE CAP OF WATER, A KANSAS SANE UP TO A HUNDRED MOSQUITO LARVAE GROWING IN THERE AND THE EMERGING NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
I HOPE NO ONE SWIMMING POOL EVER LOOKS LIKE THIS BECAUSE THIS CAN PRODUCE AT LEAST 3 MILLION MOSQUITOES A MONTH.
AND THESE MOSQUITOES I GREW UP IN THE POOL ARE NOT THE EIGHTIES MOSQUITOES.
THEY'RE THE CULEX AND CULEX MOSQUITOES BECAUSE OF ACTIVE SEARCH FOR BIRDS.
THEY FLY FARTHER OUT, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE A FLIGHT RANGE OF ABOUT 20 MILES.
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SO WE DO NOT EVER WANT TO SEE A GREEN POOL POPPING UP ANYWHERE IN YOUR CITY.AND IF SO, WOULD YOU HAVE A MECHANISM FOR RESIDENTS TO REPORT THIS NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE DO OTHER WORK IN YOUR CITY, INCLUDING TARGETING THE PUBLIC SECTORS.
SO GUTTERS, UM, EVEN YOUR PARKS, WE MONITOR VERY CLOSELY, JUST A HEADS UP.
WE WILL BE MAKING CONTACT WITH YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A BETTER BEAD ON THE IRRIGATION PRACTICES AND ANY CONSTRUCTION THAT MIGHT IMPACT MOSQUITOES AND WORK CLOSELY WITH THEIR CITY TO MITIGATE THAT WHERE WE HAVE MOSQUITO TRAPS DOTTED AROUND YOUR CITY SO THAT WE CAN MONITOR FOR ANY DISEASES THAT MIGHT POP UP.
AND OF COURSE, EDUCATION IS KEY.
THE BIG THING WE CAN DO IS MOTIVATE BEHAVIOR CHANGE TO MAKE OUR RESIDENTS PUBLIC HEALTH AGENTS OF CHANGE.
SO THAT WAY IN THE FUTURE GENERATIONS, THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO AROUND THEIR HOME.
WHEN THEY BECOME RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS.
SOMETHING FAIRLY NEW THAT YOUR RESIDENTS HAVE REALLY ENJOYED IS OUR CONSULTATION PROGRAM.
UH, WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF RESIDENTS ARE VERY BUSY AND THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME USUALLY TO SIT TIGHT AND READ THE INFORMATION THEMSELVES AND TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY CAN DO AROUND THEIR HOME.
WE ACTUALLY SEND SOMEONE OUT THERE TO WORK ONE-ON-ONE WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND CREATE PERSONALIZED MOSQUITO PROTECTION PLANS THAT PROVIDE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE BITE, FREE PROPERTIES THROUGH REALLY EMPHASIZING THE NEED TO NOT PICK UP THAT SPRAY.
CAN WE TEACH THEM TO DO WHAT WE DO, WHICH IS ELIMINATE THE WATER OR REPELLENT, BUT ALSO LOOK FOR POTENTIAL SOURCES AROUND THEIR PROPERTY THAT MIGHT PROVIDE SAFE REFUGE.
EVEN FOR THESE MOSQUITOES, WE GO TO A LOT OF YARDS, NOT JUST IN THIS CITY, BUT MANY CITIES WHERE THE YARDS LOOK LIKE JURASSIC PARK AND THAT DENSE VEGETATION PROVIDES A LOT OF HUMIDITY AND THEY ACTUALLY ALLOW THEM THE SKILLS TO BEAT THE HEAT.
MOSQUITOES ARE REALLY TERRIBLE AT REGULATING THEIR BODY TEMPERATURES.
SO THEY SEEK REFUGE ANYWHERE WHERE IT'S SHADY.
AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S IN OUR YARD.
UH, THERE'VE BEEN REPORTS THAT THESE SAME EIGHTIES MOSQUITOES CAN SURVIVE IN THE LAS VEGAS DESERT BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE PROVIDED THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT AT LUSH TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT AROUND THEIR HOMES IN VEGAS.
AND IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE DO, UH, WE, WE ARE HERE AS A LOT OF TIMES SAYING, TIP TOSS, PROTECT THAT'S OUR YEAR-ROUND CAMPAIGN, NO MATTER WHAT WE'RE DOING, TIP OUT STAGNANT WATER.
UM, ONCE A WEEK AROUND YOUR HOME, WE SAY WEEKLY BECAUSE IT TAKES JUST ONE WEEK FOR MOSQUITOES TO GO FROM EGG TO ADULT.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SWIM POOL PICTURE THERE EACH WEEK, YOU GET A NEW GENERATION OF MOSQUITOES THAT POP OUT, UH, WHICH IS ALSO A REASON WHY IF THERE'S EVER CROSS OUR FINGERS, NEVER A MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASE OUTBREAK HERE IN YOUR CITY.
WE USUALLY HAVE TO ACT VERY QUICKLY TO RESPOND AND NOT WAIT TOO LONG BECAUSE EVERY WEEK WE WAIT IS EVERY GENERATION OF MOSQUITOES THAT ARE FLYING OUT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND EXACERBATING THE OUTBREAK.
WE ALSO RECOMMEND PEOPLE TO TOSS UNUSED CONTAINERS.
CLUTTER IS A BIG DEAL AROUND, UM, PROPERTIES WHERE THERE'S ENOUGH CLUTTER.
THEY CAN HOLD STAGNANT WATER AND PROTECT HERSELF WITH REPELLENT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVEN WITH MYSELF, WITH ALL THE KNOWLEDGE I HAVE ABOUT MOSQUITOES, I CAN STILL GET BIT BY MOSQUITOES BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST PERSISTENT IN OUR URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS USE REPELLENT A DEEP.
I'M NOT A FAN OF DEEP, BUT I HAVE PREFERRED OIL OF LEMON EUCALYPTUS ALSO KNOWN AS PMD OR PICK KERATIN.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY NEIGHBORS, I WANT TO MOBILIZE THEIR BLOCK TOGETHER AND ACT LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH GROUP WITH US.
WE HAVE A BITE BACK CAMPAIGN WHERE WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH AND SWEEP THROUGH EVERYONE'S YARDS TO RESET THAT BLOCK AND TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO MAKE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD MORE BITE FREE.
AND OF COURSE, IF YOU SEE ANY ISSUES AROUND THE PUBLIC OR BECAUSE YOU WANT A PROPERTY CONSULTATION, MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT US AT THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN OR BY VISITING WWW SGV, MOSQUITO.ORG.
UH, ONE THING BEFORE I WANT TO SIGN OFF HERE IS SHOW YOU THIS BOX THAT WE HAVE IT'S BRAND NEW TO OUR PROGRAM BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT A LOT OF CITIES ARE OPENING UP NEW EVENTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, I CANNOT BE AT EVERY SINGLE EVENT, BUT THIS BOX CAN, UM, I CAN GIVE IT TO SOMEONE, A CITY STAFF TODAY, OR WE CAN DELIVER THIS AT A DIFFERENT TIME, BUT INSIDE THIS BOX IS, UM, WELL REALLY FOR WHAT YOU TO DO IS SET THIS BOX AT A CITY BOOTH.
YOU OPEN IT UP INSIDE, THERE ARE A MOSQUITO REPELLENT, WIPES AND BROCHURES FOR YOUR RESIDENCE TO PICK UP THE GOAL IS EMPOWER YOUR RESIDENTS TO USE THAT REPELLENT WHEN THEY'RE OUTDOORS THERE, BUT ALSO BY REPELLING FOR THEMSELVES WHEN THEY CAN.
AND OF COURSE, IF THE CITY RUNS OUT WHERE HE CAN ALWAYS REPLENISH THIS BOX AND THIS REUSABLE, UM, WITH THAT, THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCILMEN WHOOP.
THE ONE FIRST QUESTION REGARDING, I REMEMBER THE 15, 20 YEARS AGO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MOSQUITO IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, WE ONLY THING WE WORRY ABOUT IS FLIES.
NOW IS I THINK IT'S ALL GREAT.
AND YOU WALK OUTSIDE AND MOSQUITO ALL THE PLACES.
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HAPPEN.CAN WE DO ANYTHING TO STOP THIS OUTBREAK OF A MOSQUITO INFESTATION AS A FIRST QUESTION? SECOND QUESTION IS, AND I HAVE PEOPLE RESIDENT COMPLAINING ABOUT CT, HAVE A DRONE FLYING AROUND.
AND TO CHECK PEOPLE POVERTY, BUT CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE DRAMA.
SO I HEARD ABOUT POSSIBLE IS HIRED BY YOUR AGENCY TO FLY THE DRONE, TO GO TO PEOPLE'S BACKYARD, TO CHECK THE SWIMMING POOL.
AM I RIGHT? SO THESE TWO QUESTIONS I HAVE.
UH, SO THE REASON FOR A HUGE INCREASE IN MOSQUITOES IS REALLY BECAUSE OF THE BLACK AND WHITE EIGHTIES, MOSQUITOES, THEY'VE BEEN INTRODUCED TO TRADE AND TRAVEL, AND THEY'VE BEEN TAKING OVER CITIES AT A TIME AND THEY'VE WERE FIRST INTRODUCED IN 2011.
FIRST STARTED IN, WE FOUND THEM FIRST IN THE CITY OF EL MONTE.
AND THEY WOULD JUST IN SPREADING LIKE CRAZY AS THEY POP UP DIFFERENT PLACES.
THEY CAME IN, WE FOUND OUT THROUGH THE PORTS THROUGH SHIPMENTS OF LUCKY BAMBOO, AND MAYBE EVEN SOME SOUVENIRS THAT HAVE COME IN.
WE HAVE FOUND THAT PEOPLE WHO TRAVELED TO OTHER COUNTRIES WILL BRING BACK SOUVENIRS AND THEY HAVE EGGS ACTUALLY ATTACHED TO THOSE SOUVENIRS.
AND THEY PUT THEM OUTSIDE IN THE YARD.
AND THOSE EIGHTIES EGGS CAN SURVIVE FOR YEARS WITHOUT WATER, ALMOST LIKE TIME CAPSULES SO THAT THEY CAN BE MOVED AROUND.
UM, ALSO THE PRACTICE OF, UM, UH, SPREADING PLANT CUTTINGS IS ALSO PERVASIVE AND MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES IN DIFFERENT POPULATIONS SO THAT THE AES CAN SPREAD JUST BY NORMAL PRACTICES.
SO THE INCREASE HAS A LOT OF TIMES BEEN, UM, THESE EIGHTIES MOSQUITOES, AND IT MAY NOT BE SO MUCH, THERE'S A LOT MORE EIGHTIES.
MOSQUITOES IS THAT THEY BITE MORE AGGRESSIVELY.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT MORE, UM, YEAH.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT 10, 20 YEARS AGO, BECAUSE OUR WEATHER IS DIFFERENT THAN ASIA TROPICALS SUPPOSEDLY TAKEN US SURVIVE IN OUR ENVIRONMENT.
SO, AND THAT'S A GREAT POINT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, AND I SAY SUPPOSED TO BE A MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE HERE.
THESE EIGHTIES, MOSQUITOES ARE TROPICAL AND THEY COME FROM TROPICAL AREAS.
SO WE HAVE SEEN A CHANGE IN THE MONSOONAL EFFECTS HERE IN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
ALSO, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF EFFECTS WHERE IT'S A LOT MORE HUMID IN CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR.
AND WE ARE CHANGING TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE SEEING THIS INVASIVE MOSQUITOES COME IN, WHICH IS WHY CDC AND A LOT OF OTHER HEALTH PARTNERS AREN'T REALLY CONCERNED FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE FACT THAT WE SHOULDN'T SEE THIS, BUT BECAUSE THE WAY THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE CLIMATE, THESE INVASIVE MOSQUITOES THAT ARE TROPICAL OR FINDING A FOOTHOLD HERE, UH, TO ADDRESS YOUR SECOND QUESTION WITH A DRONE INSPECTION, WE ACTUALLY DO NOT FLY.
DRONES IS A LOT MORE COMPLICATED TO FLY DRONES HERE BECAUSE A LOT OF RED AIR RESTRICTIONS IN THE AIR, UH, THE MOST THAT WE HAVE DONE IS HIRE CONTRACTOR TO FLY A PLANE ACROSS ALL SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
SO IDENTIFY ANY BAD SWIMMING POOL ACROSS THE REGION AND, AND MAKE CONTACT WITH THOSE RESIDENTS TO ALLEVIATE THOSE SWIMMING POOLS THAT HAVE GONE BAD.
SO WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY, UH, DRONE USAGE.
AND I THINK THERE'LL BE A VERY LONG TIME BEFORE WE CAN GET EVEN APPROVAL TO DO SUCH A THING.
SO BASICALLY IT'S A LOW FLYING AIR PLAN.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SAYING, UH, IT'S A, YEAH, IT'S A F IT'S A F AIRPLANE THAT FLIES, UH, I FORGOT WHAT EXACT ELEVATION, BUT IT DOES FLY OVER A SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND ZIGZAGS BACK AND FORTH.
THE WESTERN TOLD ME IS, IS DRAWN.
AND THEN I CHECKED THE SAY POSSIBLE IS FOR YOU GUYS.
SO IT'S NOT FUN YOU NOW WE WOULD NEVER WANT TO FLY A DRONE IT'S WAY TOO COMPLICATED.
OUR BIGGEST FEAR IS A DRONE EVEN JUST CRASHING IN SOMEONE'S YARD.
THERE WAS AN ISSUE, OH, I FORGOT WHEN IT WAS, BUT THERE WERE SOME DRONE PILOTS THAT WERE CONSIDERED AN ORANGE COUNTY, BUT THEY DROPPED IT BECAUSE A DAY BEFORE SOMEONE HAD FLOWN A DRONE INTO ONE OF THE PROTECTED WETLANDS AND DISRUPTED A LOT OF ENDANGERED BIRDS.
SO WE ARE NOT TOUCHING DRONES ANYTIME SOON, ANY PRIVACY ISSUE FOR US TO THANK YOU.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO GIVE US THIS PRESENTATION TODAY.
AND, UM, SHOULD I COME BACK LATER TO, OKAY.
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
IF I MAY, I JUST LIKE TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT AND INTRODUCE ONE OF OUR NEW STAFF MEMBERS.
NOW, IF I KNOW HE'S HERE, RAUL ALVARADO, IF HE'D COME DOWN, UM, RAUL IS OUR NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THEY WANTED YOU TO BE ABLE TO PUT A FACE WITH THE NAME AND ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO SEE HIM AS WELL.
HE'S STEPPED INTO THIS ROLE, UM, FULL SPEED AHEAD, AND IS HELPING US WITH ANY NUMBER OF MUCH NEEDED MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.
HE'S GOT CREWS, RUNNING, SIDEWALK, CREWS, AND TREES AND WEEDS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
AND WE'RE VERY GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
I LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
IT'S A GREAT CITY AND WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF.
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I'VE BEEN IN SIX DIFFERENT CITIES, DESPITE THE BEST STAFF I HAD AND I'VE BEEN DOING 39 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE.WE DO HAVE A STAFF LIKE THAT, LET YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AND COUNCILMAN WU HAS A QUESTION FOR, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, THANK YOU FOR HELPING US ON THE SHADOW OR THE BATHROOM CONNECTION.
AND DID IT WITHIN LESS THAN TWO DAYS.
SO RIGHT NOW, HOPEFULLY WHEN I WAS STILL WORKING PROPERLY, STILL GOING PUBLIC.
AND THE, AND THE, SO I DIDN'T THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, SUPREME FAST DIVULGES HAPPENED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND I SAW YOU, UH, WORKED SO HARD AND WE, THE STAFF AND THE MAKE THE PLACE SO CLEAN.
THE BATHROOM, NOBODY COMPLAINED ABOUT BATHROOM.
NOBODY COMPLAINED ABOUT TRASH.
AND, UH, ALL OUR CT YARD STAFF.
WALKING AND DRIVING AND CLEAN ALL THE TRASH.
SO YOU DON'T EVEN SEE TRASH CANS OOZE OUT.
SO, SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I SAW YOU TRY TO FIX THE OKAY.
THERE HAVE BEEN THREE, FOUR YEARS NEVER BEEN FIXED BY NOW.
YOU WILL TRY TO FIX ELLIS, THE WATER.
WON'T CONTINUE GOING TO THE FIELD, BECOME A SWAMP, LIKE TO BECOME A MOSQUITO INFESTATION.
WHY NOT? LOOK, I TRY OUT SO PEOPLE CAN USE THE FIELD.
SO, SO THANK YOU FOR YOU TO, TO PULL THAT TOGETHER.
SO I THINK, AND THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO FIX THE CITY.
AND I SAW YOU WITH YOUR STAFF AND FIXING THE SIDEWALK OF OKAY.
ON THE FRONT OF, UH, THE, OH, OKAY.
A RESTAURANT ON THE, THE, WHAT LA FITNESS IN FRONT NOW IS VERY CLEAN.
TOTALLY PAINTED TO READ OF A CURVE, NOT THAT NEW.
SO AGAIN, I SAW YOU WITH YOUR STEP, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH RIGHT NOW WE SEE PEOPLE.
AND I WAS SO THE, THAT OUR MEDIAN WITH FLOWERS AND STUDYING, POPPING OUT, WE HAVEN'T SEEN FOR 20 YEARS.
SO AGAIN, BUT, BUT I THINK NOW PEOPLE CAN IDENTIFY WHO WILL HELP US WITH A PUBLIC WORK AS LONG AS YOU STAY IN PUBLIC WALK DIRECTOR.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING THE CT.
AND, UH, WE JUST WANT A CLEAN AND PROUD CT AND OUR RESIDENT DESERVE SOMETHING THAT OKAY.
AND HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN US THREE MONTHS TOMORROW BE THREE MONTHS.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME COMMENTS FROM MAYOR PRO TEM, DEZ.
AND I CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING ALREADY.
AND I KNOW THAT THE CREW IS PROBABLY VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD.
SO I JUST WANTED TO WELCOME YOU AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR.
AND I'M SURE THERE'S MANY MORE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOR US.
LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A GREAT CREW.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING UP HERE TO, UH, SAY HELLO TO US AND TO TELL THE COMMUNITY ABOUT YOURSELF.
AND CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT OR WAIT UNTIL AFTER ORAL COMMUNICATIONS? IF I MAY ADD, I'D WAIT FOR AFTER COMMUNICATION.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
SOUNDS GOOD.SO THAT TAKES US TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
UH, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMITTED TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
AND, UH, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? I HAVE SIX SPEAKER CARDS, MAYOR SOUND'S SEVEN SPEAKER CARDS.
NOW OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JERRY.
FOLLOWED BY ROBERT AIG, FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOTT.
GOOD EVENING, JERRY PATRAS WEST COVINA RESIDENT DISTRICT TWO.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REGARDING URGENCY ORDINANCE.
THAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA THAT YOU'RE APPROVING TONIGHT.
UM, IN THE DEFINITION SECTION, AND I ACTUALLY READ THIS, I, I KNOW YOU DID TOO.
IN THE DEFINITION SECTION, IT SAYS REMOTE MONITORING, THE IMPLEMENTATION AND USE BY CITY ONLY HAVE THE INTERNET OF THINGS, IOT AND OUR WIRELESS ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO VISUALIZE THE CONTENTS OF BLUE CONTAINERS, GREEN CONTAINERS, AND BLACK CONTAINERS FOR PURPOSE OF IDENTIFYING THE QUANTITY OF MATERIALS AND CONTAINERS LEVEL OF FILL AND OR PRESIDENT OF PROHIBITED CONTAINER CONTAMINANTS.
DON'T YOU? ANYWAY, BLUE, GREEN, BLACK, AND CONTAINERS ARE DISCUSSED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE.
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AND I UNDERSTAND THIS ORDINANCE IS BEING WRITTEN BECAUSE OF THE STATE.I DON'T NEED THAT EXPLAINED TO ME.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO CHANGE.
HERE'S WHERE MY QUESTION COMES.
REMOTE MONITORING IS DISCUSSED IN THE COMMERCIAL SECTION BUSINESS SECTION.
SO MY ASSUMPTION IS REMOTE MONITORING APPLIES TO BUSINESS.
MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE LIKELY HOOD REMOTE MONITORING COULD BE, OR WILL BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL GENERATORS WERE CALLED OR SUBSCRIBERS.
UM, BOTH THE STATE LAW AND THE CITY ORDINANCE SPECIFY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND TIMELINES.
I USED TO WORK WITH THIS KIND OF STUFF.
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS CAN BECOME VERY DETAILED AND VERY TIME CONSUMING.
MY QUESTION IS, DOES THE CITY ANTICIPATE HAVING TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF OR A SPECIALIZED CONSULTANT OR WILL ATHENS HANDLE ALL OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDE THE REPORTS TO THE CITY? AND IF SO, THE CITY'S PICKING UP THAT, HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT? THANK YOU.
ROBERT AIG FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOTT FOLLOWED BY LC MESMAN EVENING.
MY NAME IS ROBERT AIG AND I LIVE AT 26 47 ELENA AVENUE IN WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA.
I WISH TO DISCUSS THE CONDITION AND ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS OF A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AT 26 41 ELAINA AVENUE WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, WITHIN A MONTH AFTER IT CHANGED HANDS, THE NEW OWNER REMOVED THE FENCE BETWEEN THE POOL WITH WATER IN IT AND CITY OWNED PROPERTY.
THE FENCE WAS STORED ON THE SIDE YARD FOR TWO YEARS IN SPITE OF COMPLAINTS TO ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT.
AND IT WAS RETURNED TO THE AREA OF ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION AND LEANED AGAINST THE STUB WALL WITH A COUCH PUSHED AGAINST IT FOR ANOTHER YEAR BEFORE IT WAS RE-INSTALLED IN THE HOLES OF ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION.
SUBSEQUENTLY THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH TRASH LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, LOUD, ANGRY VERBAL DISPUTES BETWEEN THE OWNER AND WORKMAN DEMANDING PAYMENT, SOMETIMES RESULTING IN THE POLICE BEING CALLED ALSO UNPERMITTED CONSTRUCTION DEMOLITION TOOK PLACE UNTIL A STOP WORK ORDER WAS ISSUED.
ALL OF THE REAR WALLS IN THE HOUSE, UH, HAVE BEEN REMOVED EXCEPT THE MASTER BEDROOM AND BATH.
THEY HAVE BEEN MISSING FOR YEARS.
A FIREPLACE WAS REMOVED FROM THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND REPLACED WITH A TEMPORARY PATCH IN THE ROOFING AND FRONT WALL.
FOUNDATIONS WERE POURED AND STILL FAME FRAMEWORK.
THIS LIST IS MUCH TOO LONG FROM ME TO COMPLETE IN THE TIME THAT I'M ALLOTTED, BUT TO BE SHORT, THE HOUSE IS A MESS AND IT HAS BEEN FOR SIX YEARS.
WHAT BOTHERS US MOST IS WE HAVE COMPLAINED WITH LITTLE RESPONSE AS FAR AS GETTING IT RESOLVED.
THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM MANY PEOPLE TO THE ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT, WHICH OVER TIME AS THE BAND FOUR DIFFERENT OFFICERS, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BUILDING DEPARTMENT, THE CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER, WHO HAVE REFERRED IT BACK TO ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT AND NOTHING HAPPENS.
ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT ADVISED IN JULY OF 2021 THAT PERMIT FEES HAVE BEEN PAID AND A PERMIT WOULD BE ISSUED THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
I WAS PLEASED, UNFORTUNATELY IN AUGUST, NOTHING HAD HAPPENED.
I WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME THERE WAS A CORRECTION NEEDED ON THE PLANS AND THE PERMIT WOULD BE COMING SOON IN SEPTEMBER, YOU BLOCKED MY EMAILS AND CALLS.
SO I AM HERE TO FIND OUT WHY THE CITY CAN'T OR WON'T BRING THIS PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE IN THE SIX YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.
THANK YOU, BILL ELLIOTT FOLLOWED BY ELSIE.
MASSMAN FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT.
YOU MEAN CITY COUNCIL, BILL ELLIOTT.
UH, I MET RAUL, UH, RECENTLY, AND, UH, HE IS DEFINITELY A POSITIVE ADDITION TO THE CITY.
I CAN TELL HE'S VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE.
I CAN TELL HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE TO THE CITY AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE HIM HERE.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT AND WELCOME ROLE.
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FESTIVAL WAS A BIG SUCCESS, REALLY ENJOYED, UH, BEING UP THERE.AND, UH, THERE WERE, UH, A LOT OF HAPPY FACES THERE.
UH, I, OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE I SAW ENJOYING THEMSELVES THOUGH, I REALLY DON'T THINK THERE WAS EVEN ONE PERSON THAT WAS ENJOYING HIMSELF MORE THAN TONY WOO.
HE WAS DANCING WITH ONE OF THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS AND HIS ENERGY LEVEL IS REALLY HIGH AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE HIM UP THERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THANKING HIM TOO FOR THE FESTIVAL, UH, YOU KNOW, SPONTANEOUSLY, JUST COMING UP AND, YOU KNOW, SHOWING GRATITUDE THAT IT WAS SUCH A GREAT EVENT, SUCH A POSITIVE THING.
I'M SO GLAD THEY BROUGHT THE CARNIVAL RIDES BECAUSE WITHOUT THE CARNIVAL RIDES, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A FESTIVAL REALLY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE SAME VIBE, THE SAME FEEL.
AND I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT ADDITION.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE CITY STAFF PUTS US TOGETHER IN ONLY SIX WEEKS.
IT'S REALLY AMAZING SOMETHING SO POSITIVE GOT DONE AND ONLY SIX WEEKS.
AND IT SETS A NICE STANDARD FOR US IN THE FUTURE FOR WEST COVINA AND OUR SPRING FESTIVAL OR ANNUAL FESTIVAL.
AND SO I REALLY WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE CITY AND THE STAFF.
WE SAW A LOT OF MAINTENANCE WORKERS UP THERE WORKING REALLY HARD FOR THE ENTIRE FESTIVAL BOTH DAY.
WE DIDN'T SPEND THE ENTIRE TIME THERE BOTH DAYS, BUT WE WERE THERE BOTH DAYS AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
I THINK ONE CRITIQUE IS THAT WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOME BETTER PLAN FOR THE PARKING PARKING, LESS, A LOT TO BE DESIRED.
AND I THINK THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH THE SHUTTLES AND EVERYTHING, BUT MAYBE WE NEEDED TO ADD ONE SHUTTLE GOING AND ONE SHUTTLE LEAVING AT THE SAME TIME TO THE SAME LOCATION, BECAUSE I THINK THERE WERE PEOPLE WAITING.
I SAW COMPLETELY FULL BUSES ARRIVING AND THAT'S, UH, THAT KINDA TELLS ME PEOPLE WERE WAITING TO GO ON THE BUS THAT THERE WASN'T ROOM FOR THEM TO RIDE.
SO IF THEY HAD TO WAIT A FULL 30 MINUTE RIDE TO THE SPORTS PLEX AND THEN BACK FOR THE BUS TO COME PICK THEM UP, THAT'S AN HOUR WAIT.
SO I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER, BUT ALL IN ALL, IT WAS REALLY GREAT.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS ABOUT THE MR. TWISTY POTATO BOOTH, BUT WE WATCHED COLD DUCK FOR THE SOLID OVER TWO HOUR SET.
AND THAT LINE NEVER GOT BELOW 25 PEOPLE IN LINE IN THAT ENTIRE CONCERT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, OTHER ROUTES HAD MODEST SUCCESS, BUT THEY WERE REALLY, UH, ROLLING ALL EVENING, AT LEAST SUNDAY THEY WERE.
AND, UH, WHAT AN INTERESTING PRODUCT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW IT OR NOT, BUT IT WAS THE TWISTY POTATO GOING UP THE STICK AND IT'S BASICALLY A GIANT FRENCH FRY, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S FAIR FOOD.
AND, UH, IT WORKED AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE CITY STAFF AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAVING THE VISION TO, UH, ESTABLISH THIS KIND OF, UH, COMMUNITY FESTIVAL FOR THE FAIRPLEX BECAUSE EXCUSE ME, NOT THE FAIRPLEX SPEED SPORTSPLEX TO BRING US, UH, SUCH A GREAT LIGHT.
MY WIFE ACTUALLY MADE A MISTAKE.
SHE, SHE BOUGHT ME AN UNLIMITED RIDES TICKET AND I'M NOT GETTING ON ANY OF THOSE RIDES, MAYBE THE SLIDE.
BUT, UH, SO I DID ALL THAT AS A KID, I HAD NO DESIRE TO GET ON IT.
SO WE HAVE THESE TWO $25 UNLIMITED TICKETS AND WE DECIDED TO GIVE THEM AWAY.
AND SO WE WATCHED, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE UP AT THE STANDING THERE, IT LOOKED LIKE THIS ONE FAMILY.
THEY ONLY BOUGHT SEVERAL TICKETS AND IT'S FOUR TICKETS PER RIDE.
AND THEY LOOKED LIKE, MAYBE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SHORT EVENING.
AND WE WALKED UP AND WE GAVE THEM THE TICKETS AND THEY WERE KIND OF BLOWN AWAY AND WE'RE LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, ENJOY IT AND EVERYTHING.
AND I SAID, OH, ARE YOU FROM WEST COVINA? THEY GO, NO POMONA, GO GIVE ME THOSE TICKETS BACK.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN, EVERYBODY.
I'LL SEE MEN FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE FESTIVAL WAS AS WAS SUCCESS.
IS THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH SUCCESS IN WEST COVINA LATELY FUEL ONLY UNITE THE, SEE IF THE COUNCIL STARTS LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE, BUT IT'S VERY OBVIOUS.
THIS COUNCIL DECIDED THAT THE CITY SHOULD DO OR SHOULD DO A FOUR TO ONE VOTE BEFORE RESIDENTS CAN SPEAK.
THERE ARE VERY FEW, THERE ARE VERY FEW EXAMPLES TO EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT, WHAT HAPPENED TO SIMPLE, SIMPLE E.
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ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? THE RESIDENTS WANT TO KNOW NOBODY'S TELLING US ANYTHING.WHAT HAPPENED TO AMAZON? OKAY.
AND SELLING THE MAINTENANCE YARD.
SO WHERE IS THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT MOVING TO? NOBODY KNOWS VENDORA AVENUE STREET SIGN WAS, UH, WAS CHANGED WHEN THE COUNCIL TURNED IT DOWN.
VENDORA PARK, COUNCILMAN, WHOSE IDEA WHICH FAILED.
AND NOW HE HAS GIVEN THIS TO OUR MAYOR PRO TEM TO SEE WHAT SHE CAN DO.
THE SHADOW OAK RESTROOMS WAS NOT HOOKED UP TO THE MAIN SEWER LINE, MAKING THE CITY LOOK LIKE FOOLS AGAIN.
AND NOW WE'RE CALLED WASTE WEST COVINA, NOT WEST COVINA, COUNCILMAN WU.
YOU SHOULD FINISH THE JOB BEFORE YOU HAVE THUMBS UP IS LOT OF YOUR IDEAS.
DON'T FLY AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS.
OUR CITY ATTORNEY STATED THAT THE CITY WON A LAWSUIT, BUT WHAT THIS ATTORNEY DOESN'T TELL US IS HOW MANY LAWSUITS THE CITY HAS LOST.
AND THAT WOULD BE NICE TO FIND OUT.
WE NEED THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF TO STOP DESTROYING OUR CITY.
HOT HOLES IN THE CITY STREETS NEED TO BE REPAIRED.
GRAFFITI SHOULD BE REMOVED AND PAINTED THE SAME COLOR.
CURBS NEED TO BE PAINTED RED, GREEN, AND YELLOW BUS STOPS.
SO RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE TO SIT ON A CEMENT AND HIDE UNDER A TREE FOR SHADE FROM THE SUN.
AND YES, I DON'T VOTE, BUT AT LEAST I CAN PROUDLY SAY THAT I HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME FOR 51 YEARS.
AND SECONDLY, IT REALLY IS NONE OF THE BUSINESS OF COUNCIL, WOMAN, AMERIPRO TIM'S HUSBAND BUSINESS TELLING HIM WHAT I DO WHEN I GO OR WHAT I ATTEND.
I NEVER HAVE, AND I NEVER WILL.
THE CITY MANAGER IS SERVED AS CITY MANAGER FOR SIX COMMUNITIES.
WHAT THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING, BUT HE WAS PUT INTO THE OFFICE AND AGREED TO THE COUNCIL, DOES WHATEVER HE, UH, THEY WANT BECAUSE OF, UH, HE WANTS TO BE A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
HOW MANY CITIES HAVE TWO ASSISTANT MANAGERS? WE ARE PAYING TOP LEVEL EMPLOYEES.
DOES HE KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING? I DON'T THINK SO.
SO I THINK YOU BETTER START CHIPPING A LITTLE CLOSER.
STEVE BENNETT FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY BILL ROBINSON.
YOU'RE GOING TO COUNSEL STEVE BENNETT LIFETIME RESIDENT.
AND I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST RESIDENT INVOLVED DISTRICTS PERSON IN THE CITY.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE, BUT I'M ONE OF THEM, FOR SURE.
SO AT THE LAST MEETING YOU GUYS, UH, AGREED TO PUSH FORWARD MAP DRAFT MAP 1 0 5.
AND IN THAT MAP, UH, YOU MADE BASICALLY TWO BIG CHANGES TO DISTRICTS THREE AND FOUR.
UH, SINCE WE HAVE THIS LATER ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR, WE DON'T BECAUSE OF THE LAST MEETING, TWO OR THREE PEOPLE SPOKE ABOUT THIS AND WE'RE MAKING A CORRECTION AND THE CITY POINT ACTUALLY REITERATED THAT FOR THE RECORD.
AND ACTUALLY I CAN SPEAK ACCORDING TO THE COMMENTS IN THE, UH, AGENDA, THE PUBLIC CAN SPEAK AT THIS TIME REGARDING ANY TOPIC.
AND IT'S NOT, IF IT'S NOT, NOT, IF IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, IT IS BECAUSE IT IS A CITY ATTORNEY, CORRECT? DONE THIS BEFORE.
THIS IS SET FOR HEARING AT EIGHT 30.
SO COME BACK AND SPEAK DURING THAT TIME.
SO YOUR CELL, YOUR COMMENTS CAN GET ON THE RECORD.
SO HE HAS TO WAIT UNTIL EIGHT 30.
THEY'RE JUST SERGEANT AT ARMS. WE'RE CORRECTING THAT TODAY.
YES, NO, IT'S THAT? IT WAS MISSED LAST TIME.
AND YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
YOU COME BACK AT EIGHT 30 TO SPEAK ON DISTRICTS.
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UM, PLEASE DON'T DISRUPT.NO, I'M I'M GOING TO FOLLOW OUR CITY.
PLEASE DO MR. SHOEMAKER, PLEASE, PLEASE.
YOU CAN SPEAK ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT TOPIC.
WHEN, WHEN IT'S THE PUBLIC HEARING, YOU COULD SPEAK ON THAT TOPIC.
SO THE FIRST AMENDMENT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SPEAK, BUT FOR THE LAST TWO MINUTES, YOU'VE HAD MY MIC OFF FOR MY FIVE MINUTES.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT ALLOWS THE RESIDENTS TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL, WHICH YOU'RE VIOLATING.
EVEN THOUGH THE ATTORNEY SAYS THAT I CAN'T SPEAK AT A PUBLIC HEARING IN PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH IS CUSTOMARY AND HAPPENED AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU ARE PREVENTING ME FROM MIKE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO SPEAK.
AT THIS TIME, YOU'RE PREVENTING A MEMBER OF THE RESIDENCY OF THIS CITY, A CONSTITUENT FROM TALKING ABOUT A TOPIC IN THIS WHEN IT'S CUSTOMARY TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENT ALL THE TIME.
SO I WOULD LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO CITE WHERE IT STATES THAT YOU CANNOT SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING A PUBLIC HEARING, BECAUSE HE'S PULLED THIS ONLY ON ME TWICE NOW, NOT OTHER RESIDENTS, JUST LIKE WHEN YOU CUT IT TO THREE MINUTES WHEN PERMANENT HERE ONLY BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE.
AND THEN IT'S THE FIVE MINUTES WHEN THEY'RE NOT HERE.
THAT'S A VIOLATION TO, THAT'S NOT LETTING RESIDENTS OR THE PUBLIC SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENT.
THAT IS NOT WHAT PUBLIC COMMENT IS ABOUT.
YOU GUYS ARE VERY ONE-SIDED IN HOW YOU APPROACH THINGS, JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE HEARING THAT YOUR DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO DISENFRANCHISE HUNDREDS OF VOTERS IN DISTRICT FOUR.
MAYBE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WON'T VOTE FOR YOU AND ALREADY MAYBE THAT'S WHY I DON'T KNOW FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
I'M JUST TALKING BECAUSE I'VE GOT TIME PLUS TIME TO MAKE UP TO BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER DIALOGUE.
I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
THAT WAS MY FAULT FOR NOT HAVING THE SPEAKERS SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY BELLE FOLLOWED BY TANYA RAMON, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK ITEMS, THEN I'LL DEAL THE REST OF MY TIME TO STEVE BENNETT.
UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
AND I ALREADY KNOW HOW THE CITY IS GOING TO SAY OUR RESERVES INCREASED $6 MILLION.
THINGS ARE WONDERFUL AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT JUST A COUPLE OF NUMBERS NEED TO BE POINTED OUT.
WE HAD REVENUES OF $108 MILLION, WHICH WAS UP 8% FROM LAST YEAR.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT IS CONSIDERED SLOW GROWTH REVENUES, BUT WE DID SPEND 116 MILLION FOR AN $8 MILLION DEFICIT.
WHEN YOU TACK THAT ONTO THE DEFICIT FROM LAST YEAR, WE'LL OVERSPENT $26 MILLION.
FOR THE LONGEST TIME, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DID, WHERE DID THE $26 MILLION COME FROM AND HAVE RESERVES GOING UP? AND THEN ON THE CAFFER WAS THE STATEMENT THAT WE BORROWED $204 MILLION FOR PENSION FUND OBLIGATION BONDS, AND ONLY PUT IN 172 MILLION.
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WELL, WE OVERSPENT BY 26 MILLION.THERE'S THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM.
WHAT'S SAD ABOUT THAT IS THE 32 MILLION THAT DID NOT GO TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHEN THEY HAD APPROXIMATELY A 20% INCREASE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT COST US CLOSE TO $6.4 MILLION.
NOT ONLY THAT, NOT ONLY THAT WE PAID INTEREST ON THE 30 ON THE 32 MILLION.
SO THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 1.1 MILLION.
SO $7.5 MILLION JUST MAGICALLY DISAPPEARED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S CONSIDERED GOOD FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP BECAUSE IT'S FAR FROM IT.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GLOSS OVER THEM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT AS I SAID, THE OLD, THE REST OF MY TIME TO STEVE BENNETT, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BILL ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY TANYA RAMON.
GOOD EVENING, A FRIEND OF MINE, UH, WHO, UH, WHO LIVES ON AROMA DRIVE IS TOO BUSY TO TALK TO YOU FOLKS ON TUESDAY NIGHTS.
SO HE WANTS ME ASK THE CITY MANAGER TREASURER, TWO QUESTIONS.
UM, THE QUESTIONS ARE, HOW MUCH DOES THE AZUSA AVENUE, UH, BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT COST, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN MARCET AND CAMERON AND, AND, UH, UH, IS, IS THE, IS THE COST, UH, PAID BY THE CITY FROM, UH, FEDERAL STATE COUNTY OR CITY FUNDS? AND WHAT PROPORTION OF THE COST OF THE PROJECT ARE PAID BY THOSE FOUR ENTITIES? HE JUST WANTS TO KNOW, UH, OKAY.
SUBJECT NUMBER TWO, MY SUBJECT, UH, THE, UH, THE OFFICIAL, UH, PROPAGANDA FOR TWO YEARS HAS PUSHED FEAR ON THE WORLD'S POPULATION, UH, STERICALLY LIKE JIM JONES, UH, THE JONESTOWN CULT, UH, STUDY THE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME TO DISCOVER HOW BAD PROPAGANDA AFFECTS AND CRIPPLES PEOPLE, UM, UH, MASS MA FULLY FOOLISH MASK MANDATES A MEAN OBEDIENCE TO THE EMPEROR.
UH, AND THESE MANDATES MAY BE REIMPLEMENTED ON THE POPULATION FOR ANY EXCUSE THAT GOVERNMENT WANTS TO DREAM UP AFTER THE ELECTION.
UH, PEOPLE DO NOT THINK IT'S, IT'S LIKELY FOR A FAKE PANDEMIC TO BE SOLD TO A GLOBAL PUBLIC IN A PREPLANNED AND COORDINATED FASHION IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE CERTAIN AGENDA, THE GENETIC AGENT, UH, THE VAX DOESN'T WORK, UH, DOESN'T STOP YOU FROM GETTING THE COVID DISEASE, UH, EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZED.
UH, WE DO NOT NEED TO WORRY ABOUT, UH, WE, UH, HAVE NANOTECHNOLOGY THE, THE NANO LIPID ENVELOPE AND LONG LISTS OF, OF JABS SIDE EFFECTS.
UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE JAB, THE, THE DETAILS OF THE GENETIC THERAPY THERAPY AND THE, UH, THE CULT OF CHILD, CHILD SACRIFICES.
THEY WANT TO GIVE THIS TO CHILDREN RE UH, REVOKING THE EMERGENCY RULES, INCLUDING MEDICAL TYRANNY, UH, MUST END, UH, AS THE DEMO SIDE, UH, FINALLY, UH, IS COMING TO A HALT OF THE COVID OFFICIAL FAKE MEDIA HAS PRESENTED A FRAUDULENT FAKE NEWS, UH, AND, UH, WE NEED TO TURN AWAY FROM FEAR-MONGERING.
UH, THERE'S NO REASON TO FEAR EXCEPT FOR THE GOVERNMENT POLICIES THAT IMPLEMENTED THE, THE BAD APPROACH, THE VACCINE ADVERSE EVENT REPORTING, UH, GOVERNMENT DATA SHOWS THAT THE, THE EXPERIMENTAL COVID VACCINE IS NOT SAFE OR EFFECTIVE AND COMPROMISES ONE'S NATURAL IMMUNITY WITH A SPIKE PROTEIN CONTAMINATION, A NATURAL LAW, ACCORDING TO THE NUREMBERG CODE REQUIRES PEOPLE, UH, BE NOTIFIED.
UH, THEY WERE NEVER WERE, UH, TO THE SUPPOSED, UH, EXPERIMENTAL NATURE OF THE, UH, OF THE, OF THE CAMPAIGN, UH, UH, FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, THE JAB PEOPLE HAD TO BE JABBED TO PROTECT THEIR JOBS.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE NEVER USED THIS GENETIC TECHNOLOGY BEFORE.
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DATA THAT SHOWS THAT THE JAB MESSES UP YOUR NATURAL IMMUNE SYSTEM, UH, TRIGGERS A LARGE VARIETY OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, MEDIUM, AND LONG-TERM, WE HAVE NEVER USED PROPYLENE GLYCOL THAT IS IN THE JAB.70% OF THE PEOPLE ARE ALLERGIC TO THIS AGENT, UH, POSITIVELY CAUSING ANNA FILACTIC SHOCK.
PREVIOUS LAB RESEARCH ANIMALS DIDN'T SURVIVE.
VAX TESTING DUE TO ANTIBODY DEPENDENT ENHANCEMENT, ALSO CALLED PATHOGENIC PATHOGENIC, PRIMING, UH, PROGRAMMING, THE RNA, WHICH FITS INTO, UH, ONE'S BODY ACE.
TWO PATHWAYS IS RISKY WITH, UH, TRANSFECTION POSSIBILITIES.
WHAT IS TRANSFECTION? A RIBONUCLEIC ACID IS A NUCLEIC ACID THAT IS USED IN THE PROCESS OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INSIDE A CELL RNA TRANSFECTION IN CERTS RNA FROM ONE CELL INTO A DIFFERENT CELL.
THIS PROCEDURE IS OFTEN USED IN GENE THERAPY TO TREAT DISEASES.
RNA TRANSFECTION RELIES ON A NANO LIPID CARRIER, MICROINJECTION OR ELECTRICITY TO INSERT A SMALL PIECE OF RNA INTO A TARGET CELL.
THE NANO LIPID TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT ALERT THE IMMUNE SIDE.
THAT'S FINISHED EVENING COUNCIL.
UM, I'M MOSTLY HERE TONIGHT JUST TO EXTEND MY THANKS FOR YOUR HELP, UH, WITH FACILITATING, UH, THE, UM, THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CHILDREN.
UM, I'M SORRY TO HEAR ALL OF THE, UH, UH, NEGATIVE COMMENTS I NEED TONIGHT WAS GOING TO BE INTERESTING BECAUSE OF THE FESTIVAL OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT WAS A SUCCESS.
MY DAUGHTER AND HER WEST COVINA SOFTBALL SISTERS FOR THE VARSITY TEAM WERE TAKING SECOND PLACE IN THE SANTA FE TOURNAMENT.
THEY DID VERY WELL, SO WE HAD TO MISS IT, BUT, UM, UH, AGAIN, I WANTED TO EXTEND MY THANKS AND ALSO TO COMMEND CHIEF BELL AND HIS DETECTIVES.
UM, THEY HAVE, REINSTILLED MY CONFIDENCE IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY TO ADDRESS ALL OF MY CONCERNS, UM, AND ALL OF MY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MATTERS AT HAND AND EVERYTHING.
UM, AND I ALSO AM HOPING, UH, THAT WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT BEING HERE LAST WEEK, UH, THAT YOU GUYS WILL WORK HAND IN HAND WITH OUR SCHOOL BOARD TO ENSURE THAT THESE TYPES OF THINGS DO NOT HAPPEN AGAIN TO ANY CHILD.
UM, IT WAS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER.
MY KIDS ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE TRAUMA, UH, AFTER YOU KNOW, MYSELF AS WELL, YOU KNOW, STILL, UH, ANY LITTLE SOUND AT NIGHT.
I'M AFRAID THAT SOMEBODY'S THERE AT MY HOUSE.
UM, BUT I DID WANT TO EXTEND MY THANKS AGAIN TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN.
I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKER CARDS, MAYOR.
THAT'S THE END OF ORAL COMMUNICATIONS CITY MANAGER.
WOULD YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS? UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
I'LL TRY TO BRIEFLY RESPOND TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED TONIGHT.
UM, JERRY POULTRY IS ASK ABOUT THE URGENCY ORDINANCE, UM, AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LAW PERTAINING TO SB 1, 3 8, 3.
WE ARE STILL IN THE FINAL STAGES OF FIGURING OUT HOW THE CITY WILL COMPLY WITH THAT.
WE DO KNOW THAT, UM, THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE APPROACH FOR COMPLIANCE WILL PROBABLY REQUIRE IN THE MONITORING, UM, ROUTE REVIEW.
WE ARE FINISHING THE CONTRACT TO SHIFT THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES TO ATHENS, AND THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT A COUNCIL MEETING IN APRIL.
IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET IT DONE, I'LL HAVE IT ON YOUR FIRST MEETING IN APRIL AGENDA.
UM, WE DO KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO COME AT SOME COSTS AND IN, SO DOING, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE MONTHLY CHARGES TO THE RATE PAYERS, ALL OF US PUT OUR CANS AT THE CURB ONCE A WEEK.
WE WANT TO KEEP THOSE MONTHLY CHARGES TO AN ABSOLUTE MINIMUM.
SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY AND IN NEGOTIATING THE EXACT TERMS THAT CONTRACT WITH ATHENS, UM, ACTIVELY RIGHT NOW, MR. AGEE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT A CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTER, AND I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER TOMORROW AND GET BACK TO HIM WITH SOME CONCRETE ANSWERS IN TERMS OF STATUS ON THOSE QUESTIONS OF THE TRASH AND THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AND THE DEMOLITION WORK WITHOUT PERMITS, ET CETERA, ALL, UM, RESPOND TO HIM DIRECTLY, UM, TOMORROW ABOUT THOSE THINGS, MR. ELLIOTT, THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENTS ABOUT THE SPRING FESTIVAL.
I SHARE THOSE AND SPECIAL KUDOS.
WE HAD KIND OF A TEAM APPROACH TO THIS AND, AND IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT IT GAVE OF THEIR TIME AND THEIR TALENT, OR WERE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
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PART AND I'D LIKE TO ESPECIALLY THANK OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROXANNE LAMB.I THOUGHT SHE REALLY PROVED TO BE A REAL ROCK STAR IN, IN MAKING THAT EVENT HAPPEN FOR US.
ELSIE MET SPIT EXPRESSED A LOT OF OPINIONS.
I'M NOT SURE I HEARD A QUESTION THERE ABOUT ANY ASPECT OF CITY SERVICES, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SHARE ANYTHING THAT SHE WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT.
UM, I JUST DIDN'T CAPTURE THAT.
UM, MR. BENNETT, UM, I HOPE SPEAKS AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE BY STATE LAW HAD TO SCHEDULE THAT FOR A TIME CERTAIN, WHICH IS EIGHT 30 TONIGHT.
AND SO HIS COMMENTS WILL BE MOST WELCOME AT EIGHT 30.
UM, MR. SHOEMAKER ASKED ABOUT THE, UM, ANNUAL, COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
WE USED TO CALL THAT THE CAFFER AND THE GASPE BOARD HAS RENAMED IT BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT TERM WAS OFFENSIVE.
THIS REPORT AND TONYA AGENDA TONIGHT IS, IS REALLY TRULY CITY MANAGEMENT'S REPRESENTATION ABOUT THE FINANCES OF THE CITY.
AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S AN AUDITED FINANCIAL REPORT.
WE GOT A, UM, UNQUALIFIED AUDIT OPINION.
AGAIN, WE HAD A NEW AUDITOR THIS YEAR.
WE WENT THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS AND SELECTED THIS FIRM, WHICH ENJOYS A VERY SOLID REPUTATION, ESPECIALLY FOR FORENSIC AUDITING.
SO WHENEVER YOU GET A NEW AUDIT, ARE YOU ALWAYS WONDERING WHAT KINDS OF THINGS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT DIFFERENTLY, BUT, UH, THE CITY, UM, DID GET A, UM, UNMODIFIED OPINION.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT THE CITY, UM, HAD A PRETTY GOOD YEAR FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JUST ENDED, UM, THE CITY'S LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE, WHICH IS PROPERTY TAXES INCREASED LAST YEAR BY SOME $2.7 MILLION DUE TO A LOT OF PROPERTY SALES AND THE CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN ASSESSED VALUATION.
LAST YEAR, SALES TAX INCREASED BY SOME 3.8 MILLION TAXES IN GENERAL, ALL TAXES EXCEEDED WHAT WAS PROJECTED IN THE BUDGET BY SOME 8.6 MILLION, PRIMARILY FROM THOSE PROPERTY AND SALES TAXES RECEIVED THAT.
I JUST MENTIONED ONE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER THAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THE COUNCIL FOR THE PUBLIC IS THAT THE UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND BALANCE RESERVES INCREASED TO SOME 21.2 MILLION OR 16% OF THE BUDGET.
THIS IS IN COMPARISON TO THE JUST PRIOR FISCAL YEAR WHERE THE UNASSIGNED BALANCE WAS 11.4 MILLION.
I THINK IT PAINTS A QUITE ACCURATE PICTURE AND A PICTURE WHICH IS VERY POSITIVE.
UM, QUESTIONS HAVE COME UP ABOUT THE CITIES, UM, PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS, THE REVENUE BONDS.
UM, WE ISSUED SOME 200, $4 MILLION IN REVENUE BONDS BASED UPON THE CALPERS ACTUARIAL STUDY AT THE TIME THOSE BONDS REISSUED THE CITY HAD, UM, CONSIDERABLE UNFUNDED LIABILITIES AT CALPERS.
WE WERE CARRYING THAT DEBT AT SOME 7%.
UM, YOU COULD THINK OF IT LIKE A MORTGAGE OBLIGATION.
THE CITY WAS GOING TO BE MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS REGARDLESS TO CALPERS.
AT 7%, WE TOOK THESE BONDS TO THE PRIVATE MARKETPLACE AND ACHIEVED A INTEREST RATE OF 3.7, 2% AND ACHIEVED A NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS OUT $52 MILLION.
WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT IMMEDIATELY AT CLOSE.
THE PROCEEDS OF THE BOND WERE SENT TO CALPERS.
SOME $185 MILLION AT CLOSE WAS SENT DIRECTLY TO CALPERS AS, AS A PAYMENT TOWARD THOSE UNFUNDED LIABILITIES.
1 MILLION WAS DESIGNATED NET ISSUE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THE 16.4 MILLION OF THE REMAINING BOND ISSUE WAS SET ASIDE IN A DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUND, WHICH WILL BE THE CITY'S LAST DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT ON THOSE BONDS.
WE GET THE LAST YEAR BY USING THAT MONEY THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR THAT EXPRESS PURPOSE FOR THAT TRANSACTION STANDARD.
AND POOR'S ASSIGNED THE CITY AND A-PLUS BOND RATING, WHICH WAS REALLY SIGNIFICANT.
THEY NOTED, AND I QUOTE HERE STRONG MANAGEMENT WITH GOOD FINANCIAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES.
I ASSURE YOU THAT CURRENT CITY MANAGER IS WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SOUND AND RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS TO PLACE THE CITY ON A SUSTAINABLE FOOTING.
THOSE BONDS WERE A PART OF THAT STRATEGY.
AND, UM, WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT REPORT, IT'S ON YOUR CONSENT CALENDAR TONIGHT AS A, UM, MINISTERIAL RECEIVE AND FILE.
WHEN DID YOU DO TO PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGE IT? UM, SHOULD YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR IS HERE AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY OF THOSE.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, AND RE-CLARIFY THE BATHROOM AT SHADOW OAK PARK? THE NEW ONE HAS THAT BEEN HOOKED UP? IT HAS SIR.
UM, ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS WE TURNED OUR NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS ON WAS TO COORDINATE THE FINAL REPAIR THERE.
HE SOLICITED BIDS AND GOT THAT REPAIR EFFECTED WITHIN JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS.
UM, MR. ROBINSON ASKED ABOUT THE CONTRACT WITH THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CONSERVATION CORPS.
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THAT IS A PROJECT THAT, UM, WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL PUBLICLY FOR $1.5 MILLION.WE'RE USING THE FEDERAL RECOVERY ACT MONIES TO PAY FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND, UH, IT'S A JOBS TRAINING PROGRAM.
WE THINK WE'RE GETTING SOME GOOD RESULTS.
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME PLANTS IN THE GROUND ARE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, COUNCILMAN WU.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MAYOR.
UH, REGARDING THE MR. MRS. OKAY.
LG REGARDING THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION THE, ON THE ALINA IN 2016 THIS ALREADY HAPPENED.
AND, UH, SO 2016, LIKE THIS, AND NOW IT'S 20, 22 STILL LIKE THIS.
AND, UH, I KNOW, UH, THE, THE WORDS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING NUMEROUS TIME IS SEND ME THE EMAIL.
MILAN SAY THEY WORK WITH STEM.
THEY ARE GOING TO GET A PERMIT, THIS AND THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY ARE COOPERATIVE WITH THE CTE.
SO, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF TEAS WE HAVE IF THE ENCORE PER A HONE, UH, OKAY.
HAVE THE POVERTY, UH, OBSTACLE AND LIKE, LIKE, LIKE THIS.
AND THE PROPERTIES ALWAYS LIKE THIS.
SO I TALKED TO, UH, OUR CO-INVESTMENT MANAGER AND, UH, HE SAY THEY WORK WITH THE OWNER AND THEY TRY TO GET A PERMIT AND THEY LOOK AT THE PERMITS LAST YEAR AND NOW ALREADY MUCH.
IS 15 AND STEER LIKE THIS A MESS, LIKE 2016, I THINK.
I KNOW WE WANT TO BE PATIENT WITH SOME OF THE OKAY.
AND THE ISSUE IS A HOMEOWNER BY THE HOMEOWNERS.
LATE LIKE THIS AND THE CREATE A NEW SEND FOR THEIR NEIGHBOR.
IF THEY DON'T DO THIS, WE MIGHT, WE MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE HOME.
I THINK THIS IS A TOO LONG SIX YEARS AND I WENT THERE MORE THAN ONE TIMES.
AND, AND THE ANOTHER THING WHO BLOCKED THE PHONE EMAIL.
SO WOULD YOU PLEASE FIND OUT, I DON'T THINK CT WILL BLOG.
WOULD YOU PLEASE CONTACT A HOMEOWNER OR THE PERSON? OKAY.
AND, UH, SEE WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE SUPPOSEDLY, UH, WE HAVE TO RECEIVE NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF, UH, OKAY.
COMPLAIN REGARDING SOME, SOME ISSUE.
AND THEN WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE, THE NEIGHBOR HONE AND SEE, HOW CAN WE RESOLVE THE ISSUE? UH, AND TAPESTRY IS REALLY UPSET WITH THIS HOUSE AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS DEER CONTINUE GOING ON AND THAT THEY SAID THEY APPLIED THE ME AND NOW WHITE PERMIT IS NOT HAPPENING.
THEN CITY SHOULD MAYBE A CITY ATTORNEY.
MAYBE YOU HAVE TO TAKE SOME OF THE, THE T'S AND, UH, AND IT IS SIX YEARS, WAY TOO LONG, NORMALLY SIX MONTHS OVER IN LONG.
SO, SO CAN YOU FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON? OKAY.
AND THE HAWAII TAKING SO LONG TALK IS CHEAP, CHEAPER.
ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OF OUR CITY MANAGER? OKAY.
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NONE CITY MANAGERS REPORT, PLEASE.I'VE GOT JUST A BRIEF, UM, CITY MANAGER'S REPORT TONIGHT.
UM, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT VISUALLY SOME OF THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING ON FIRE STATION.
ONE IS THE COUNCIL WILL RECALL FIRE STATION ONE.
WE HAD AN EXHAUSTIVE REPORT ABOUT ITS PHYSICAL CONDITION, AND WE NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY AND ARE MOVING QUICKLY TO GET OUR, UM, FIREFIGHTERS INTO, UH, QUARTERS, WHICH ARE, ARE SAFE FOR THEM TO BE IN.
WE'RE TAKING THE OLD SHOP BUILDING.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF, UM, NEW ROLL-UP DOORS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED THIS WEEK.
SO WE CAN PUT THE PUMP PUMPER ENGINE, RESCUE, AMBULANCE, AND RUN OUT OF THAT SHOP BUILDING.
WE SET A CREW QUARTERS BEHIND THE BUILDING AND HOPE TO HAVE THAT COMPLETE FOR OCCUPANCY.
SOON, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE ARE UPDATING OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE CITY GOT A $500,000 GRANT.
IT'S A MAJOR EFFORT TO REWRITE THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCES.
WE ARE HOSTING A SERIES OF OUTREACH MEETINGS.
WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THIS INFORMATION AND DO SO AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL TO ENCOURAGE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.
WE HAD A FIRST MEETING LAST NIGHT IN DISTRICT FOUR.
IT WAS, WE GOT SOME ATTENDANCE, I WOULD GUESS THERE WERE A DOZEN OR SO PEOPLE THERE WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THE EXACT SAME INFORMATION AT ALL OF THESE MEETINGS.
THE SCHEDULE IS DISTRICT FIVE ON MARCH 16TH.
UM, DISTRICT ONE ON MARCH 23RD, DISTRICT TWO ON MARCH 28TH AND DISTRICT THREE ON MARCH, THE 30TH PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO COME INTO THE ONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR COME TO ANY OR ALL OF THE OTHER ONES AS WELL.
WE HOPE THAT THEY TAKE THE TIME TO COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT DEVELOPMENT CODE PROCESS.
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WE'VE PUT UP A BUDGET SURVEY OR ASKING PEOPLE TO, UM, COMPLETE THAT SURVEY AND EXPRESS, UM, THROUGH THAT MECHANISM, UM, HOW THEY WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY TO PRIORITIZE ITS FUNDS FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.UM, YOU GOT TO MEET RAUL TONIGHT, THE NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES.
WE'VE ALSO ONBOARDED WILLIAM TRUJILLO, WHO IS OUR NEW IT MANAGER.
WE LOST, UH, SEAN GRANGER TO ANOTHER NEARBY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY JURISDICTION.
AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME MR. TRUJILLO IN THAT, IN THAT ROLE.
NEXT SLIDE, I WANTED TO MENTION A NUMBER OF PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
WE'VE CURRENTLY GOT FOUR PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE CLOSED.
FRIENDSHIP IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE MONTH.
PALM VIEW AROMA AND WALMART RADO ARE NOW GETTING THE NEW RUBBERIZED SURFACING WILL ALSO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF APRIL.
THE ONLY PLAYGROUND STILL OPEN OF THOSE AS AROMA, WHICH WILL BE CLOSED NEXT WEEK, CORTEZ IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO, UH, LOTS OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN THE PARKS.
UM, THIS SLIDE JUST A NUMBER OF PICTURES, UM, SHOWING THE GOOD TIMES BEING HAD BY ALL, WHO WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE FESTIVAL.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY A RIGHT SPOT AND APPRECIATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF ALL THE COMMUNITY GROUPS AND, AND THE, THE LABOR OF THE CITY TEAM AND STAFF THAT ALLOWED THAT TO PROSPER TO EVERYONE'S ENJOYMENT.
AND LASTLY WANTED TO WISH THE COMMUNITY A HAPPY ST.
THIS WEEK, OUR SENIOR CENTER IS HOSTING A CELEBRATION FROM 11 TO TWO THAT DAY.
THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, COUNCILMAN WU.
YOU HAVE A QUESTION, UM, REGARDING THE PARK.
I THINK WE TALK ABOUT IMPROVE, IMPROVING ALL THE BATHROOM.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SCHEDULE FOR THOSE BATHROOM THAT THE WESLEYAN BEEN REQUEST ON FOR A WHILE? SO CAN YOU CAN JUST SHOW US WHAT THE SCHEDULE FOR THE OTHER BATHROOM REMODELING, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR WE ARE OUT TO BID WITH THE FIRST OF THOSE BATHROOMS AND NUMBER WILL FOLLOW IN THEIR SEQUENCE.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING THOSE FOR AWARD OF BID TO CITY COUNCIL.
I DIDN'T BRING THE EXACT DATES WITH ME THIS EVENING, BUT THOSE ARE, UM, IN, IN PLANS AND SPECIFICATION AND OUT TO BID AND WE'LL BE COMING TO YOU FOR AWARD AND THEN CONSTRUCTION COUNCILMAN TO BROADWAY.
UH, SO, UH, I HAD A QUESTION, UH, REGARDING, UH, UH, PALM PALM VIEW PARK.
UH, I BELIEVE, UH, WHEN, UH, SINCE IT FIELD WAS SOLD, THERE, THERE WAS MONEY PLACED ASIDE.
UH, AND ONE OF THE, UM, ONE OF THE PROPOSALS WAS, UH, TO, TO PURCHASE.
UH, THERE WERE THREE HOMES AROUND PALM VIEW, ONE WAS PURCHASED AND I BELIEVE SECOND ONE HAS COME UP FOR SALE.
UH, SO IF YOU COULD, UH, GIVE ME ANY, UH, UPDATE ON, ON THAT INFORMATION.
I CAN, THE CITY HAS, UM, A NUMBER OF SOURCES TO FUND PARKS, UM, PARK DEVELOPMENT FUNDS.
UM, IN FACT, SOME OF THAT INFORMATION IS IN YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT THIS EVENING, I CAN PROVIDE YOU THE EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
I CAN'T GIVE THEM TO YOU OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD TONIGHT, BUT THAT, THAT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY, THE ACQUISITION OF THAT HOUSE, WHICH IS FOR SALE THAT WOULD COME TO COUNCIL AS A REAL PROPERTY MATTER.
AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT, UH, WHEN I ASK ABOUT BATHROOMS. SO I WANT TO KIND OF, UH, GO WITH WHAT YOU TEXT ME.
WHEN I ASK HER ABOUT BEDROOM IS THE BIT FOR THE CAMERA AND BATHROOM.
AND THE CGO BATHROOM IMPROVEMENT WILL BE OPEN ON MARCH 10TH AND BE TAKEN TO THE APRIL 15 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR A WARP BIT.
UH, WELL MORADO BATHROOM DESIGN WILL BE FINALIZED THIS WEEK AND A BID PACKAGE WILL BE ADVERTISED NEXT WEEK.
UH, WE ANTICIPATE OPENING THEIR WELMER RATHER BED.
THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL, THE WARPIT WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR THE MAY 3RD CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CHECK ON YOUR JOB IS MUCH.
SO, SO WE ALREADY HAVE SOME SCHEDULE.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
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AND TAKES US TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR LOOKS LIKE NONE.SO THE CONSENT CALENDAR IN ITS ENTIRETY, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? ONE THROUGH SIX TO APPROVE? I HAVE A SECOND.
CAN I CONFIRM WHO THE SECOND I, I DID.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ AND A SECOND BY MAYOR CASTELLANOS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX.
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CALL, I NEED TO READ IN THE TITLE OF IT.THE ORDINANCE FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX, URGENCY ORDINANCE, EXCUSE ME, URGENCY ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO NINE.
LET ME START OVER URGENCY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 4 9 4, AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING A NEW ARTICLE FOR MANDATORY ORGANIC WASTE DISPOSAL REDUCTION TO CHAPTER 12 GARBAGE AND RUBBISH COLLECTION.
ADDING A NEW ARTICLE 51 MODEL WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPING ORDINANCE TO CHAPTER SEVEN BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS AND ADDING A NEW SECTION TWO DASH 3 3 6, SB 1383 PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS TO SUBDIVISION, TO PURCHASING SYSTEM OF ARTICLE SEVEN PURCHASES AND SALES OF CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE TO IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS OF SENATE BILL 1383.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM MY ROMAN NUMERALS REALLY QUICK.
MY APOLOGIES THAT'S UM, ARTICLE 21 MODEL WATER EFFICIENCY, LANDSCAPING ORDINANCE COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOTS BY COUNCILMAN WILL MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ.
I MAYOR CASTELLANO'S ITEMS PASS.
IT TAKES US TO, WELL, OUR PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR A TIME CERTAIN AT EIGHT 30.
SO SHOULD WE GET, UH, OUR, UM, WHAT WOULD THAT BE, LET'S HEAR FROM WHO'S GOING TO PRESENT THE TRANSIT.
WOULD THAT BE FEASIBLE TO GET IT STARTED AND, AND PAUSE WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OR WOULD THAT BE PROBLEMATIC? UH, MAYOR, IF I MAY, UM, THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT'S GOING TO BE AROUND 10 TO 15 MINUTES.
THEN LET'S TAKE A SHORT RECESS AND WE'LL START AT EIGHT 30 MIKE WHERE THE TEE TIME IS EIGHT 30 AND WE ARE REQUIRED BY
[7) CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ADJUSTING THE BOUNDARIES OF CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND ADOPTING A NEW COUNCIL DISTRICT MAP]
STATE LAW TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ADJUSTING THE BOUNDARIES OF CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND ADOPTING A NEW COUNCIL DISTRICT.UH, DOUG JOHNSON IS GOING TO PRESENT THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
I'M PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS.
AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE BACK HERE.
I, UM, IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE BACK IN WEST COVINA.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO THIS CORRECTLY.
I DRANK IT OVER AND THEN MAKE IT BIGGER.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, HEARING NUMBER FOUR AND IN THIS, UH, SERIES OF HEARINGS, IT'S A LARGELY SET UP BY STATE LAW TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS TO, UH, JUST BRIEFLY REVIEW THINGS, HAVE THE, UM, COUNCIL IN PUBLIC REVIEW, THE DRAFT MAP, AND THEN TO, UH, IDEALLY INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE THIS EVENING.
UM, JUST AS A REMINDER AT THE MARCH 1ST MEETING THERE, UH, THERE WAS A HEARING AND THE COUNCIL WENT THROUGH A BUNCH OF DRAFT MAPS AND SELECTED MAP 1 0 5.
SO THAT'S THE MAP THAT I'LL FOCUS ON THIS EVENING AT THIS POINT.
MANY OF THE COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS COULD PROBABLY RECITE THIS SLIDE FROM MEMORY, CAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT AT EVERY HEARING, BUT, UH, JUST TO BRIEFLY REVIEW IT, THE RULES FOR THE LIONS ARE NUMBER ONE, FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS OF EQUAL POPULATION COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND AVOIDING RACIAL GERRYMANDERING.
AND THEN, UM, NEW IN 2020, WE HAVE THE STATE FAIR MAPS ACT, WHICH DICTATES IN PRIORITY ORDER THAT THE DISTRICTS MUST BE GEOGRAPHICALLY CONTIGUOUS, AVOID DIVIDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST TO THE DEGREE POSSIBLE FOLLOW, UM, EASILY IDENTIFIABLE BOUNDARIES LIKE RIVERS, MAJOR ROADS, THINGS LIKE THAT TO THE DEGREE POSSIBLE AND COMPACT TO THE DEGREE POSSIBLE.
THE STATE LAW ALSO PROHIBITS THE DRAWING OF ANY LINES, UH, TO FAVOR DISCRIMINATE AGAINST A POLITICAL PARTY.
SO THOSE TWO SETS ARE YOUR FEDERAL AND STATE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN ONCE YOU HAVE A MAP THAT MEETS ALL OF THOSE OTHER TRADITIONAL PRINCIPLES THAT CAN COME INTO PLAY ARE THINGS LIKE MINIMIZING.
THE NUMBER OF VOTERS SHIFTED FROM ONE ELECTION YEAR TO ANOTHER, UM, RESPECTING THE VOTERS CHOICES IN TERMS OF AVOIDING PAIRING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO THAT RE-ELECTION DECISIONS ARE LEFT UP TO THE VOTERS RATHER THAN DICTATED BY THE LINES, UH, TO A VERY SMALL DEGREE, YOU CAN CONSIDER FUTURE POPULATION GROWTH WITHIN THAT FEDERAL POPULATION RANGE.
AND THEN THE LAST TRADITIONAL PRINCIPLE.
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ARE GOALS, THESE ARE NOT REQUIREMENTS.AND THIS THIRD COLUMN IS TO PRESERVE THE CORE OF EXISTING DISTRICTS.
SO THAT VOTERS THAT WORK TOGETHER ON THE LAST ELECTION CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER IN THE NEXT ELECTION.
SO THOSE ARE THE CRITERIA THAT THE COUNCIL AND PUBLIC HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
THIS IS A MAP SELECTED, UH, BY THE COUNCIL AT THE LAST HEARING AND NOW UP FOR, UH, AGAIN, REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE, UM, INTRODUCTION, INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE THIS EVENING, ASSUMING, UH, THE ORDINANCE IS INTRODUCED TONIGHT.
THE LAST STEP IN THE PROCESS WOULD BE THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE ON APRIL 5TH.
AND AS NOTED ON THE SLIDE, THE DEADLINE TO CONCLUDE THIS PROCESS IS APRIL 17TH.
SO WE ARE FACING THAT STATE DEADLINE JUST AROUND THE CORNER NOW.
SO THE GOAL OF THE HEARING AND COUNCIL DISCUSSION IS TO OBVIOUSLY I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE PROCESS OR THE MAP, AND THEN TO TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND THEN TO CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? THEY HAVE THREE SPEAKER CARDS.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS FREDERICK SYKES FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT, FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER.
I AM FREDERICK SYKES, NUMBER 10 LA COUNTY, DEPUTY SHERIFF 44 YEAR RESIDENT AND FORMER MAYOR OF OUR CITY.
THE CITY MANAGER HAS, UM, SOME MAPS TO PASS AROUND TO YOU.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN JUST SHARE THEM AND YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO SHARE THEM.
YOU CAN JUST GO TO YOUR WEST COVINA.ORG.
YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST ONE, THAT'S THE, UH, FIRE SERVICE THAT MAP WAS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.
SAME THING WITH ANTHON'S DESIGN TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP, THAT WAS JUST UP THERE.
THAT'S NOT DESIGNED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.
SO I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, UH, OF DISTRICTS.
AND SOME OF YOU, UM, REMEMBER BACK IN 2006, WHEN MY FACE AND SOME NEIGHBORS LIKE ELSIE MESMAN, WE BEGIN TO SHOW UP HERE AND WE DID IT BECAUSE THE CITY COUNCIL WAS, UM, USING THE METHOD OF OPERATION TO FUND THEIR CAMPAIGNS BY SELLING OUR PARKS AND OPEN GREEN SPACES.
AND WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THAT KIND OF STUFF HAPPENING TODAY.
ONCE WE GOT INVOLVED, WE LEARN THAT THE MAJORITY AND SOMETIMES ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS LIVED IN SOUTH HILLS AND WHERE THE PARKS WERE BEING SOLD BLACK IN THE SHADOW OAK AREA, NOT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER WHAT'S FROM THAT AREA.
YOU SEE VOTING DISTRICT, WASN'T ATTEMPT TO GUARANTEE THAT CITY WIDE, WE WANTED TO BE FAIR.
SO WE WOULD THINK IN CITY-WIDE EVERY RESIDENT WOULD HAVE A MORE FAIR AND EQUAL REPRESENTATION IN CITY HALL INSTEAD OF JUST THE POWER BEING CONCENTRATED IN SOUTH HILLS.
AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLING, THE PEOPLE, THE CITY GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS SOUTH HILLS ESTABLISHED VOTING DISTRICTS.
HOWEVER, NOW OUR PROBLEM IS THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ALWAYS CONTROLLED, WHICH MAPS ARE SELECTED.
SOUTH OF THE FORMER MUNICIPAL DUMP IS A VERY DIVERSE AND DENSELY DEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY WHERE 25% OF THE POPULATION LIVES IN WEST COVINA.
THEY'RE CALLED WOODSIDE VILLAGE SHADOW SOFT CENTER, SOFT SAN JOSE HILLS.
AND IT IS SOUTH OF THAT FORMER POISONOUS DUMP.
AND TODAY AGAIN, NO ONE FROM THAT PART OF TOWN IS ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE RENTING WHERE THEY LIVE AND THEY ARE APATHETIC REGARDING VOTING.
AND WHAT HAPPENS TO CITY HALL, EXCEPT WHEN SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS, THEN THEY MAY WANT
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TO SHOW UP AND CONTACT AND PLUG IN WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT.IF SOMETHING'S BAD HAPPENED TODAY, THEY JUST DON'T REALIZE IT.
THEY STILL DON'T HAVE A VOICE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF APARTMENTS DOWN THERE, CONDOS, DUPLEXES, ZERO SIDE YARD HOUSES.
WE EVEN HAVE A MOTOR HOME, A MOBILE HOME PARK IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE MOSTLY WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.
AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE'RE FOCUSED ON TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET, NOT SPEND TIME AT CITY HALL AND LOOKING FOR POWER.
THE, THE VOTING DISTRICT MAPS THAT YOU SELECTED ARE ALL GERRYMANDERED AND THEY CREATE THE ABILITY FOR TWO RESIDENTS IN SOUTH HILLS TO BE ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
THEY SIT HERE TODAY ON THE COUNCIL.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO REPEAT NOBODY FROM SOUTH OF THE DUMP IS ON THE CITY COUNCIL WHERE THE MOST OTHER PEOPLE ARE CONCENTRATED IN THAT JURISDICTION.
WE HAVE PRINCIPALS TO GO BY WHEN YOU DESIGN THE DISTRICTS, THAT THIS WAS A SUPPOSED TO BE COMPACT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT YOU HAVE IGNORED THE COMPACTNESS.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS YOU HAVE A MOBILE HOME PARK ON VALLEY, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE THAT'S THE SOUTH.
AND IN ON THE NORTH, IN THE DISTRICT, YOU HAVE THE 10 FREEWAY.
THAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF A COMPACT DISTRICT.
AND ALSO WE HAVE THIS, UH, MOBILE HOME PARK AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THOSE PEOPLE LIVING ON VALLEY IS ABOUT EIGHT MILES TO THE NORTH.
AND HE HAS A HOME SEVEN BEDROOMS THAT YOU'VE HAD AN ACRE OF LAND.
THAT'S NOT COMPARATIVE IN OUR OF FINANCIAL INCOME.
YOU SUPPOSED TO THINK ABOUT THAT TOO? THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVE BENNETT FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY OUR ROBINSON.
OH, YOU DID TELL BY THE SMILES.
SO LET ME START AGAIN SINCE THE CITY ATTORNEY, SO RUDELY INTERRUPTED ME WITH SOMETHING THAT'S NOT LEGAL EARLIER.
UM, YOU GUYS PASSED FORWARD TO CONSIDER TONIGHT DRAFT MAP 1 0 5.
I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO WHAT COUNCILMAN SYKES, FORMER COUNCILMAN PSYCH SAID, UM, ABOUT COMPACTNESS, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT WE'RE DEALING WITH THE CURRENT MAP, UM, AND YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE CHANGES.
THE CURRENT MAP THAT WE HAVE WHILE IT HAS AN AREA DOWN IN THE SECTION SOUTH THAT HAS A CORNER, BASICALLY AN INTERSECTION.
SO IT VIOLATES THE FAIR MAP ACT.
WE DO NOT NEED TO MAKE A MAJOR CHANGE, LIKE CUTTING OFF THE BOTTOM OF DISTRICT THREE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE AT THE LAST MEETING, THE CONSULTANT FROM NDC STATED THAT YES, WE CAN SPLIT PRECINCTS OR CENSUS BLOCKS, BUT IT'S GOING TO CREATE SOMETHING CALLED UNOFFICIAL DATA.
LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT THE UNOFFICIAL DATA IS.
EACH PRECINCT GIVES YOU A VOTING AGE POPULATION AND THEY USE THOSE NUMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICTS ARE EQUAL IN SIZE WITHIN A PERCENTAGE IS ACCEPTABLE.
THAT PERCENTAGE IS 10% EVERY YEAR, EVERY 10 YEARS, WHEN WE DO CENSUS, THOSE PERCENTAGES WILL CHANGE.
YOU'LL SEE SLIGHT CHANGES IN EVERYONE BECAUSE PEOPLE MOVE AROUND AGES, WHATEVER IT IS.
BUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
WHEN THE ORIGINAL MAP WAS PICKED MY NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME WHO ARE NOW DISTRICT TWO, AND I'M IN DISTRICT THREE, LITERALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE YELLOW STRIPE AND THE ROAD WAS ONE PRECINCT.
AND AT THE TIME THEY COULD NOT GIVE US EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE VOTING AGE, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ACTUAL REGISTERED VOTERS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY LIVING IN THOSE TWO AREAS TO GIVE US AN ACCURATE NUMBER.
BUT THE REALITY IS, AND TONY, I CAN SEE YOU'RE LISTENING.
THE, THE REALITY IS WE ONLY NEED TO MOVE A STREET OR TWO ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DISTRICT THREE.
SO HERE'S, HERE'S WHERE THE MATH WORKS.
WHEN YOU MOVE A STREET, YOU'RE ONLY AFFECTING MAYBE A FEW HOUSES.
I'M GOING TO GIVE IT SOME LENIENCY AND SAY A HUNDRED, 150 HOUSES.
NOT EVERY ONE IN A HOUSE IS VOTING AGE AND NOT EVERY HOUSE HAS REGISTERED VOTERS.
SO OUT OF A HUNDRED HOUSES, MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO GET 50 VOTING PEOPLE.
THAT'S A 10TH OF A PERCENT, IF THAT IN THAT DISTRICT OF A CHANGE.
SO THAT MEANS THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO EFFECT, WHICH AS HE POINTED OUT, WE NEED TO AFFECT THE LEAST NUMBER OF VOTERS.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A MAP THAT WAS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT HE POINTED OUT IN A STAFF REPORT.
ONE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET, THEREFORE MAKING THAT AREA CONTIGUOUS WITHOUT EFFECTING A LOT OF VOTERS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT VOTER MAP 5, 1 0 5 HERE, WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING AND PEOPLE DIDN'T CATCH BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT ON SCREEN
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AND YOU LOOK AT IT QUICKLY, THEY LOOK LIKE THE SAME MAPS, THE VERTICAL, RIGHT.AND I'M NOT ACCUSING YOU GUYS REALLY HONESTLY, OF ANYTHING BECAUSE WHEN MOST PEOPLE LOOK AT HIM AND GO, YEAH, LOOK THE SAME.
BUT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY COMPARE THEM AND YOU SET THEM NEXT TO EACH OTHER, AND YOU REALIZE WHERE THE STREETS ARE MOVING, YOU REALIZE NOW THAT IN A NORTHERN SECTION OF DISTRICT FOUR FROM ABOUT AZUSA AVENUE, AND I'M ASSUMING BASED ON THE MAPS, THAT THEY'RE HARD TO TELL.
I'M ASSUMING IT'S ABOUT HOLLENBACK COULD BE CITRUS, BUT I THINK IT'S HAULING BACK.
AND FROM ROUGHLY A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE AUTO DEALERSHIPS, SAY THE WASH BALLPARKING.
SO IT KIND OF A LITTLE SQUIGGLY DOWN TO, AND I'M GOING TO SAY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN CAMERON AND ROSETTE, CAUSE THE MAPS AGAIN ARE HARD TO SEE.
THERE'S AN ENTIRE SWATH, WHICH HAS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THAT AREA MOVING FROM DISTRICT FOUR TO DISTRICT THREE.
SO WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? OKAY.
WE TALKED ABOUT EFFECTING THE LEAST NUMBER OF VOTERS IN THAT SECTION THAT IS MOVING FROM DISTRICT FOUR TO DISTRICT THREE.
THE LAST TIME THEY VOTED WAS IN DARIA ELECTION, 2018.
WELL, THEY MOVE FROM FOUR TO THREE.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A SAY FOR ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER UNTIL 2024.
WHEN THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS UP FOR REELECTION.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO GO SIX YEARS WITHOUT AN ABILITY TO PICK A COUNCIL MEMBER.
THERE ARE FOUR YEAR DISENFRANCHISING, HUNDREDS OF VOTERS.
NOW I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER BECAUSE THERE'S NO NUMBERS ON HERE.
THE NONE OF THE POPULATION OR CENSUS DATA IS LISTED ON ANY OF THESE MAPS, NOR DO WE HAVE THE PRECINCT INFORMATION TO KNOW EACH ONE.
BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS BY MOVING A STREET ON THE BOTTOM OF, OF THREE, ONE OR TWO, WE'RE ONLY AFFECTING A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE, A 10TH OF A PERCENT, NOT ENOUGH TO TRIGGER THE 10%, BUT BY MOVING THE PART OF FOUR TO THREE, YOU'VE NOW TAKEN THE BALLOT OUT OF HUNDREDS OF WEST COVINA VOTERS.
YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHO MAY OR MAY NOT VOTE FOR YOU TO REO COULD GO EITHER WAY.
BUT THE HONEST ANSWER IS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET A VOICE THIS ELECTION.
AND THEY VOTED EVERYBODY IN THE CITY VOTED IN THE FIRST TWO ELECTIONS.
I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A COUPLE SECONDS LONGER IF YOU DON'T MIND, BUT EVERYBODY GOT A CHANCE TO VOTE IN DISTRICTS.
WHETHER YOU LIKE THE DISTRICTS OR NOT.
I DON'T LIKE DISTRICTS AT ALL.
I'M STUCK WITH THIS MAP OR A MAP FOR NOW, OKAY.
BUT THE REALITY IS WE NEED TO MAKE THE MOST MINIMAL OF CHANGE, WHICH WE CAN DO LEGALLY.
IT JUST COMES DOWN TO THE FACT IT'S SLIGHTLY UNOFFICIAL BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF VOTING AGE INDIVIDUALS, THE NUMBER OF VOTERS IN THAT 40, 50, 60 HOUSES, WE DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER.
THAT'S WHY IT'S UNOFFICIAL BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET A SPECIFIC NUMBER TO GO AHEAD AND SAY, YEAH, HERE'S THE PERCENTAGE.
BUT THE REALITY IS THIS ONE MAKES A MASSIVE CHANGE AND REALLY HURTS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I APPRECIATE IT, MR. MAYOR FOR A FEW EXTRA SECONDS.
I THINK YOU KIND OF SEE WHAT I'M SAYING.
ANYONE ELSE? IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION I'M HERE.
AS I SAID, I I'VE STUDIED THIS PROBABLY MORE THAN MOST RESIDENTS IN THE CITY.
JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY OUR ROBINSON.
WHEN THIS ALL STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO, THE MAP THAT I WROTE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS ACCEPTED AND THE BASIC IDEA BEHIND IT WAS TO GIVE DIFFERENT AREAS, UH, SAY THAT IT WOULDN'T BE JUST ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THE REASON I DID THAT IS BECAUSE I GO BACK TO TRYING TO CLOSE BKK.
IF WE HAD HAD DISTRICTS DURING BKK, IT WOULD NOT HAVE CLOSED BECAUSE THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO KEEP IT OPEN.
AND IF THE DISTRICTS HAD BEEN WRITTEN, IF THERE WERE DISTRICTS, THEN IT HAD BEEN WRITTEN THE WAY THAT SOME PEOPLE WANT IT.
THERE WERE THREE DISTRICTS THAT WERE NOT GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY BKK OUTSIDE OF LOSING THE REVENUE THROUGH THE CITY.
SO WHEN I DESIGNED IT, PART OF THE IDEA WAS THAT NOW YOU'D HAVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, ESPECIALLY YOU, YOU COULD IMPACT TWO, IF NOT THREE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT EVERY PART OF THE CITY COULD IMPACT TWO AND MAYBE THREE FROM THAT STANDPOINT AND WHERE PEOPLE END UP, UH, LIVING, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF LAUGHED, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN VOTE.
WHEN, WHEN I LOOKED AT, UH, WHERE PEOPLE VOTED IN THE ELECTION IN THE LAST ELECTION THAT, UH, THAT YOU, YOU RAN IN, UH, YOU WON, YOU WON THE VOTES ON THE SOUTH SIDE, YOU WON THE VOTES ON THE SOUTH SIDE, YOU HAD A MAJORITY IN YOUR DISTRICT ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
SO IT WASN'T BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE DISENFRANCHISED.
THEY MADE A SELECTION AS TO THE CANDIDATE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS ALL CAME ABOUT, IT WAS VERY SIMPLE.
THEY WANTED A DISTRICT ON THE SOUTH SIDE BECAUSE OF ONE PERSON, ONE
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PERSON THOUGHT HE WOULD BE UNBEATABLE AND IT TURNED OUT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WASN'T THE CASE.WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE WAY THINGS WORKED, THE REASON BKK CLOSED IS BECAUSE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO'S VOTING TO KEEP IT OPEN, HAD A HUNDRED RESIDENTS.
IF NOT MORE, BASICALLY TELL THEM IF YOU DON'T VOTE TO CLOSE THIS THING, WE'RE GOING TO START A RECALL.
NOW YOU CAN DO YOU, YOU CAN DO A RECALL WHEN YOU HAVE TEN, FIFTEEN, TWENTY PEOPLE GATHERING SIGNATURES, CAN YOU IMAGINE A HUNDRED PEOPLE OUT THERE GATHERING SIGNATURES AROUND THE CITY, NEXT MEETING, CLOSE IT, SHOCKING EVERYBODY BECAUSE HE REALIZED THE IMPACT THAT THAT HAD.
SO THAT WAS PART OF THE IDEA THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT WORKS, IT DOESN'T, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE, UH, THOSE ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, I DO AGREE THAT I WISH IT COULD BE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT AT, AT THE BOTTOM.
SO MORE PEOPLE AREN'T IMPACTED JUST FROM, FROM A VOTE, STANDING UP POINT OF VIEW, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF THING.
YOU KNOW, WHEN, UH, UH, W WHEN I DREW IT, THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT IF I COULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN, I WOULD CHANGE A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, ESPECIALLY IN THREE WHERE IT KIND OF GOES OUT THE OTHER WAY, PART OF IT WAS THAT THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUT THAT WAY.
SO IT WAS MORE OF THE INTENT OF GIVING, UH, ALL THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, SOME BUSINESS IN THEIR AREA, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY COULD WORK WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND HELP THOSE, THAT IT WOULDN'T BE ALL IN ONE, BECAUSE PART OF THIS, WHEN IT STARTED, SOME PEOPLE WANTED, IT WERE, UH, A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES ON THE FREEWAY BEING ONE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS LIKE, NO, THAT'S NOT FAIR TO THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, NOR IS IT FAIR TO, TO THE COMMUNITY, NOR IS IT FAIR TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
SO THAT WAS PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT'S THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, I WISH YOU WOULD MAKE, YOU KNOW, UH, A SMALLER CHANGE.
SO, YOU KNOW, OR, OR AT LEAST FIND OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S ALL ANYBODY'S ASKING.
IF IT TURNS OUT THAT YOU MOVE IT ON THE, UH, ON THE SOUTH END A LITTLE BIT, AND YOU'RE AFFECTING 200 VOTERS, YOU MOVE IT WHERE YOU ARE NOW, YOU'RE AFFECTING 200 VOTERS, IT'S A HALF A DOZEN, ONE, SIX OF THE OTHER, IT'S THE SAME NUMBER, BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, 50 AND ONE, 500 AND THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
GO, WE NEED TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON PEOPLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF OUR ROBINSON, UH, GOOD EVENING.
UH, THE DISTRICT AGREEMENT THAT THE, UH, THEN COUNCIL WAS BUFFALOED INTO A GREEN TWO, FOUR YEARS AGO.
UH, IT EXPIRED IN NOVEMBER, 2021.
AND YOU FOLKS HAVE THE POWER, UH, TO RETURN TO AN AT-LARGE SYSTEM OF VOTING, WHICH ALLOWS EVERY VOTING MEMBER OF CITIZEN, OF WEST COVINA TO VOTE FOR ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
UH, STEVE BENNETT WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, UH, A MINOR, UH, INJUSTICE, WHICH IS CERTAINLY A MINOR INJUSTICE IS, IS, IS CERTAINLY VERY IMPORTANT, BUT, UH, UH, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE MAJOR INJUSTICE OF, OF 80% OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, CAN'T VOTE FOR FOUR FIFTH.
SO THE COUNCIL, UH, I'LL DESCENT FROM THE SOUTH HILLS ARGUMENT, THAT WAS RESENTED BECAUSE I CAN RECALL, UH, COUNCILMAN NANCY MANNERS, COUNCILMAN HERB, TYCE, COUNCILMAN FOREST TENANT, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN CHET, CHER.
UH, NONE OF THEM WERE FROM SOUTH HILLS.
AND I THINK PR I WOULD, UH, CONSIDER NANCY MANNERS, THE, PROBABLY THE BEST COUNCIL PERSON IN THE HISTORY OF WEST COVINA.
SHE WASN'T FROM SOUTH HILLS, UH, THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT, UH, WHICH LED TO THIS FIASCO THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, INTERNAL VOTING BOUNDARIES.
IT'S, IT'S BEING CHALLENGED IN, IN COURT.
AND, UH, AND I'D BE WILLING TO BET THAT A MAJOR PORTIONS OF IT ARE, ARE GOING TO BE SET ASIDE, UH, SOON.
SO, UH, I W I WOULD RECOMMEND, I THINK WITH WISDOM DICTATES THAT YOU, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO, UH,
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TO, TO GO BACK TO A, AN AT-LARGE SYSTEM OF VOTING, WHICH IN FRANCHISES, EVERYONE, UH, IT WOULD BE A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE CITY.YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO THAT.
AND, UH, WISDOM DICTATES THAT, UH, THAT YOU DO THAT, UH, UH, UP ON THE SCREEN, THEY MENTIONED, UH, UM, UH, COMPACT COMPACTNESS AND, AND MINIMIZING VOTER SHIFTING, UH, THE EXERCISE THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS AS MAXIMIZED VOTER SHIFTING.
I MEAN, IT'S ALL ABOUT VOTER SHIFTING AND INTERNAL BOUNDARIES AND, UH, UH, THERE'S NOT MUCH JUSTICE THERE.
AND, UH, UH, YOU COULD WRECK, UH, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO IT.
SO A DO IT, JUST GO BACK TO A SCRATCH, ALL THE INTERNAL BOUNDARIES AND, UH, BOTH THE WAY WE USED TO VOTE.
THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS? I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKER CARDS NEAR.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF OR OUR, UH, OR OUR PRESENTER WAS HER NAME AGAIN? SORRY.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOUG COUNCILMAN ABOUT DUBAI? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, I THINK THE ONE QUESTION, AND I THINK THAT IT WAS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION IS, UH, THE, THE MOVEMENT OF THE VOTERS, UH, FROM, UH, DISTRICT FOUR, UH, TO DISTRICT THREE D WE HAVE A NUMBER, UH, OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE SHIFTED.
SO I DON'T HAVE HANDY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
I THINK THE NUMBER ENDS UP BEING ABOUT, UM, ABOUT 1500 REGISTERED VOTERS, UM, WITH A SIMILAR NUMBER GOING THE OTHER, ACTUALLY A LITTLE MORE THAN THE OTHER WAY.
UH, ONE THING KEEP IN MIND IN THAT THOUGH, IS THAT THE CITY HAS HELD ONE ROUND OF ELECTIONS, RIGHT? EVERY DISTRICT HAS HELD ONE ELECTION.
SOME PEOPLE VOTED IN THE FIRST OR SECOND ROUND, BUT EVERYONE VOTED IN THEIR DISTRICT ELECTION.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE IN THE SECOND ROUND.
SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING TO VOTE IN THE FIRST, UH, YOU KNOW, SECOND ELECTION, SHE'S BAD PHRASING ARE NOW GOING TO VOTE IN THE SECOND, SECOND ELECTION, BUT NO, ONE'S MISSING A, A ROUND OF ELECTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION, BUT NOT WITHSTANDING THAT.
IS THERE A WAY TO MITIGATE THAT OR MINIMIZE THAT IMPACT FOR US AT THIS TIME? WELL, ANY TIME LINES MOVE, YOU'RE ALMOST CERTAINLY GOING TO GENERATE SOME OF THAT.
UM, THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID IS IF YOU ONLY MOVE PEOPLE BETWEEN THE 2022 SEAT AND ANOTHER 2020S USI, OR 2024 SEAT AND 2024 SEATS.
SO IT IS VERY HARD TO AVOID THAT.
THIS HAPPENS, OF COURSE AT THE STATE SENATE LEVEL AND ENTIRE CITIES ARE GOING TO BE DELAYED IN THEIR ELECTION AND STATE SENATE.
IT IS ANYTIME WE'RE REDRAWING THE LINES, SOME OF THIS IS BOUND TO HAPPEN.
UM, THE ONLY WAY TO MINIMIZE IT WOULD BE TO, UM, UH, MOVE FEWER PEOPLE MOVE A SMALLER AREA.
BUT THE, THE CHALLENGE OF THAT IS THAT THE REASON FOR THE MOVE HERE IS TO, UM, MAKE DISTRICTS THREE AND FOUR, UH, MORE COMPACT.
AND THE COMPACTNESS IS A STATE REQUIREMENT.
THE AVOIDING THE ELECTIONS IS JUST A TRADITIONAL GOAL OR PRINCIPLE GREAT COUNCILMAN RULE.
UM, I, I KIND OF AGREE WITH JUST LIKE LAST TIME, THE HEARING, UH, AGREED TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE SHIFTING BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO VOTE.
AND, UH, AND I AGREE WITH THE, UH, THE SPEAKER.
AND, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE FAIRNESS, IF WE CAN LEASE TO MOVE THE POPULATION AROUND, IF WE CAN STICK AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH ORIGINAL MAP, THAT'S WHAT WE SPENT TWO YEARS TO PUT THIS MAP TOGETHER.
SO, SO, AND NOW SUDDENLY WE HAVE TO MOVE, UH, A PORTION OF THE POPULATION DUE TO THE REQUIREMENT.
SO I DON'T KNOW, DO WE HAVE TIME TO SEE, WE CAN KIND OF MINIMIZE THE SHIFTING? UH, OKAY.
AND SO EVERYBODY CAN PARTICIPATE ON THE 20, 22 AND 2024, OH, HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE.
AND I DON'T KNOW, DO WE HAVE THAT TIME? AND THE, DO WE, CAN WE MOVE? I KNOW BECAUSE, OKAY.
YOU HAVE TO GO WITH THE GUIDELINE.
YOU ARE THE PROFESSIONAL, WE BASED ON YOUR SUBJECTION, BUT I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE STILL PREFER US THESE MOVEMENT AS WE CAN, BUT STILL COMPLY WITH THE NEW GUIDELINE.
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UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT OTHER MAPS.UM, YOU NEED TO, UM, INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE THAT ARE AT A REGULAR MEETING, AND YOU ONLY HAVE ONE MORE REGULAR MEETING.
UM, BUT, BUT THE POINT IS, IS THIS IS THE BEST YOU CAN DO BASED ON THE REQUIREMENT FROM THE STATE, WITH A NEW LAW ABOUT THE CONTINUITY.
THAT LAST TIME WE ASKED, I SAY THAT IS A REQUIREMENT BECAUSE WE, BASED ON THE REQUIREMENT BACK IN 2018 WITH THIS MAP, AND WE WENT TO 14 MAP OR SOMETHING DOWN TO THESE MEMORIES, I THINK SAINT COMPANY IS YOUR GUY, RIGHT? OH YEAH.
YOU GUYS MAKE THIS MAP, MAKE IT WORK.
AND WHY THIS TIME WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS ADJUSTMENT.
I KNOW YOU EXPLAINED TO US BECAUSE A NEW GUIDELINE OR SOMETHING.
THE, THE STATE REQUIREMENTS I LISTED ARE NEW.
SO THOSE JUST BECAME LAW IN 2020.
UM, PREVIOUSLY WHEN YOU FIRST WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE STATE HAD A, UH, CODE IN ALIGNING THE ELECTION CODE THAT SAID YOU MAY CONSIDER COMPACTNESS COMMUNITIES AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING REQUIRED.
IT WAS SIMPLY A KIND OF, YOU MA YOU CAN DO THIS, IF YOU WANT.
IN 2020, THE, THE STATE PASSED THIS NEW LAW, WHICH SETS THESE CRITERIA DOWN AS PRIORITIZED REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT PUTS THEM ABOVE THE TRADITIONAL PRINCIPLES WE HAVE, OF COURSE, FROM KEEPING THE JUDICIAL PRINCIPLES IN MIND, AS WE DRAW THESE MAPS AND TRYING TO MINIMIZE THEM, TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF VOTERS MOVED AND THINGS LIKE THAT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
OH, SO THIS IS A COMPLIANCE FROM THE STATE NEW REGULATION ABOUT THIS ROUTINE AND THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT'S WHAT THIS FIND MAP EQUATE, BECAUSE THIS ONE IS AT LEAST, OKAY.
COMPARE WITH THE 1, 1, 2 HOUR FOR A, STILL HAVE A BLOCK THAT HAD BEEN MOVE AND THE SOUTH SIDE.
SOUTH SIDE, THEY CAN BOWL AGAIN.
I THINK THAT THEY HAPPY, BUT THE NO SIDE POTENTIALLY THEY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY VOLTS ARE OVER THERE.
THEY JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR 20, 24.
SO THE KEY THING IS WHEN THIS REALLY GETS PROBLEMATIC FORCES, UM, SOME OF THE JURISDICTIONS THAT HELD THEIR FIRST ELECTION IN 2020, BECAUSE THERE ARE VOTERS WHO DID NOT VOTE IN THE 2020 ELECTION, WHO ALSO WON'T VOTE IN 2022.
SO THEY COMPLETELY MISS THE FIRST ROUND OF ELECTIONS YET IN THIS PIECE, IN THIS CASE, KEEP IN MIND, SIX YEARS SOUNDS LIKE A LONG WAY TO WAIT, LONG TIME TO WAIT, BUT EVERYONE WAITS FOUR YEARS.
IT'S SIMPLY A TWO YEAR THERE'S SIMPLY MOVING FROM THE FIRST YEAR OF THE ELECTION CYCLE TO THE SECOND YEAR OF THE ELECTION CYCLE.
SO, NO, ONE'S NO ONE'S MISSING AROUND, LIKE THEY ARE IN SOME JURISDICTIONS.
SO THE FINAL QUESTION, I'M SORRY.
SO THIS BASICALLY THE WILDFIRE IS LEGIT THAT COMPLY WITH THE STATE NEW RULE, EVERYTHING.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
AND YOU'RE CERTAIN THAT THE STATE WON'T ALLOW US TO MAKE SOME FINAL TWEAKS BASED ON WHAT WE DISCUSSED FROM TODAY TO SECOND READING.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD ASK THE STATE? OH, I MEAN, I'LL DEFER TO THE STATE ATTORNEY ON THAT, BUT MR. MAYOR, WE NEED, LIKE I SAID, WE NEED TO ADOPT THIS BY MAY, APRIL 17, APRIL 17TH.
AND IT NEEDS TO BE DONE AT A REGULAR MEETING.
SO WE NEED YOUR SECOND READING.
UM, APRIL 5TH OR FIFTH, APRIL 5TH.
SO WE NEED TO, AND THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN TONIGHT.
LOOK, ARE WE ABLE TO MAKE SOME FINAL TWEAKS BEFORE THE SECOND READING? NO.
IF IT, IF YOU BRING IT, IF YOU MAKE TWEAKS BEFORE, THEN THAT CONSTITUTES A FIRST READING YOUR NEXT READING, AND THEN WE RUN OUT OF TIME.
BUT YEAH, THE POINT IS EVEN WE TWEET PINS ON WHY HE SAY HE CANNOT ADJUST.
THAT PIECE OF WHY HE SAID, BECAUSE I T I ASKED, CAN WE ADJUST THIS? AND BY, HE SAID, THERE'S A LINE HERE.
THE GOAL IS THAT OTHERWISE HE'D BE OKAY.
I THINK HE PREFERRED THIS IS TH HE, HE DID A 2018 MAP.
SO HE UNDERSTAND THAT, WELL, WE WENT THROUGH A LONG PERIOD OF A HEARING.
SO, SO I THINK ALL THE RESIDENT PREFER THIS MOVEMENT.
EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE.
I THINK THAT BASED ON A NEW GUIDELINE, THEY, THEY, EVEN, WE CHANT IS ONLINE.
WE MIGHT HAVE A ISSUE COME BY THE SAME THING.
WE HAVE TO MOVE SOME OTHER PLACES.
AND THERE MAY BE ANOTHER SAME THAT'S BASED ON WHAT THE CONSULTANTS.
I MEAN, THE CONCERNS WERE VALID.
UM, I THINK SPEAKERS BROUGHT UP SOME GOOD POINTS.
UM, SO THIS IS OUR LAST CHANCE THAN, HUH? YES.
JUST TO ILLUSTRATE THE, THE CHALLENGE YOU FACE, UM, THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU WOULD AVOID, UH, SOME DELAY IS IF DISTRICT THREE VOTERS ONLY MOVED INTO DISTRICT ONE, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE TWO SEATS THAT ARE UP IN 2024.
UM, AND OF COURSE THOSE TWO DISTRICTS DON'T TOUCH.
SO THERE'S NO, NO WAY TO ELIMINATE SOME SHIFTING.
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DO I HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OF STAFF OR COMMENTS? NO.I, I, I, I GUESS I DO HAVE A COMMENT.
UH, YOU KNOW, I, I DO UNDERSTAND THE POINT OF THIS IDEA THAT THAT VOTERS AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR FOR ANOTHER SIX YEARS.
UM, BUT I ALSO, UH, AGREE, UH, THAT THIS IS A NEW CYCLE OF VOTING.
AND SO THE, THE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW GOING TO VOTE TO ELECT IN DISTRICT TWO, FOUR, AND FIVE, THIS IS LIKE A FIRST TIME.
AND THEN WHEN THEY REELECT IN ONE IN THREE, RIGHT, THIS IS LIKE A FIRST TIME, RIGHT.
WE WE'VE JUST HAD ONE CYCLE AND NOW WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER CYCLE.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE SHIFTED RIGHT THERE.
YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THE ARGUMENT IS, WELL, JUST, JUST MAKE THE SHIFT TO DISTRICT FOUR.
AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED IN THREE WILL NOT VOTE AGAIN IN FOUR, AND LET'S NOT MOVE ANYONE FROM FOUR TO THREE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT ARGUMENT, BUT THEN WE ALSO THEN NEED TO DISCUSS, WELL, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE CREATING IN THE MAP, RIGHT? IS THIS A, A BETTER REPRESENTATION TO HAVE ALL OF THAT SOUTH PORTION NOW? AND FOUR, DOES THAT DISTRICT THREE AREA NOW ACTUALLY BECOME A BETTER VOTING AREA, RIGHT? I MEAN, THOSE ARE ALSO THINGS TO CONSIDER, AND THIS IS A 10 YEAR, RIGHT? THIS IS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST WHILE SOME PEOPLE GOT SHIFTED OVER AND SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T RIGHT.
WE WERE ALSO CONSIDERING DEMOGRAPHICS.
I KNOW SOMEONE MENTIONED ABOUT GERRYMANDERING, UH, BUT GERRYMANDERING REALLY OCCURS MORE.
SO WHEN YOU KEEP THINGS MORE COMPACT BECAUSE OF RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO ACTUALLY TO HAVE A MAP THAT LOOKS, IT LOOKS QUIRKY, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A MAP THAT, THAT CREATES MORE DIVERSITY IN THE VOTING, YOU KNOW, BOTH ECONOMICALLY RACIALLY, UH, AND, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER.
UH, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I TH I THINK THE, THE POINT BEING MADE OF, UH, PEOPLE BEING MOVED, UH, THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO VOTE IN THIS ELECTION AND, AND ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, BUT, UH, I, I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO GIVE WEIGHT TO THIS IDEA THAT THIS IS, UH, A NEW CYCLE, UH, AND THAT THAT'S, THAT'S A REALITY.
UH, AND SO, UM, I, I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE AN, AN ISSUE, UH, WITH, UH, UH, GOING FORWARD WITH, UM, UH, DRAFT PLAN, A 1 0 5, UH, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THIS IS, THIS IS 10 YEARS.
UH, YEAH, SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE MOTION, UH, TO, UH, ACCEPT, UH, DRAFT PLAN A 1 0 5 I'LL SECOND THAT I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ.
BEFORE I TAKE ROLL, I NEED TO READ THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE INTO THE RECORD ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 4, 9, 5 IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA ADJUSTING THE BOUNDARIES OF CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, AND ADOPTING A NEW OFFICIAL COUNCIL DISTRICT MAP FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 US CENSUS COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOTS BY COUNCILMAN WU, MAYOR PRO TEM IS AYE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL WHO STAYED AND ALL WHO SPOKE THE
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AGENDA.AND THAT GOES ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, TRANSIT SERVICE EVALUATION, MR. CITY MANAGER, WHO WILL PRESENT THAT REPORT, UM, MAYOR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER PAULINO MIRALIS WE'LL PRESENT THIS ITEM.
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LOOKING FOR THE PRESENTATION.IT'D BE IN THE FLOPPY DISK DRIVE.
IT'S ACTUALLY BEING BROUGHT BY CARRIER PIGEON.
YEAH, WE'LL DO IT NEXT TIME OR TWO TONIGHT.
CAN I INTRODUCE GOOD EVENING? WE'RE READY WHEN YOU GUYS ARE READY.
UM, SO STEVE WILKINS WILL BE PRESENTING THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT REGARDING THE TRANSIT SERVICE EVALUATION.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED OR WAS MENTIONED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UH, ABOUT LOOKING AT NOT ONLY THE WEST COVINA GO WEST SHUTTLE, BUT, UM, PROVIDING A VARIETY OF OPTIONS FOR TRANSIT SERVICES IN WEST COVINA.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STEVE MARK CONSULTANT.
THANK YOU, PAULINA, UH, COULD EVENING MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, I'M STEVE WILKES WITH IBI GROUP.
UH, LAST DAY I PRESENTED AN OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY WORK PLAN AND, UM, OBJECTIVES, THE SEASONING.
I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DATA REVIEW THE SERVICE ANALYSIS AND PRESENT ALTERNATIVES TO COUNCIL, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO WE HAD DONE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT IN TERMS OF HAVING PROFILED THE GO WEST SHUTTLE AND DIAL A RIDE SERVICES IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF SOME OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS.
WHEN LOOKING AT THE FINANCIALS IS YO AN EXCESS OF A MILLION DOLLARS BEING SPENT ON THE TRANSIT PROGRAM.
UH, CERTAINLY NET COST PER TRIP FOR THE GO WEST SHOT HOLE BEING MARGINALLY HIGHER THAN INDUSTRY NORMS AND PRODUCTIVITY IS MEASURED BY NUMBER OF TRIPS PER HOUR.
UH, CERTAINLY BEING LESS THAN, UH, INDUSTRY NORMS. WE HAD DONE A PROFILE AGAIN OF, OF THE SPECIFIC RIDERSHIP BY ROUTE, UH, I GUESS, UH, UH, GAIN KEY TAKEAWAYS INCLUDE THE SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS IN TERMS OF FROM THE 2016 TO 2021 PERIOD, SOME 80, 80% REDUCTION BETWEEN THAT PERIOD AND THE MONTHLY RIDERSHIP IS ABOUT HALF OF WHAT IT IS PRE COVID.
THE, THE CURRENT RIDERSHIP, UH, THIS INFORMATION HAS MORE RECENTLY BEEN SUPPLEMENTED BY A DEEPER DIVE INTO, ON, OFF COUNTS BY ROAD, GETTING A GOOD UNDERSTANDING FOR WHERE PEOPLE ARE BOARDING AND GETTING OFF, UH, THE PRODUCTIVITY GAINED BY ROUTE SEGMENTS BASED ON RECENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY MV TRANSPORTATION.
AND I HAVE DETAILED GRAPHS TO PRESENTIVE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS IN THAT REGARD.
SO SOME OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE SERVICE ASSESSMENT, UH, INCLUDE THE LIMITED SERVICE SPAN THAT REALLY EXCLUDES MANY POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS AND TRIP PURPOSES.
FOR EXAMPLE, JUST KNOW, EVENING AND WEEKEND SERVICE, THE BLUE AND RED LINES OFFER CRITICALLY LOW SERVICE QUALITY BY TODAY'S CUSTOMERS, CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS FOR LOCAL MOBILITY.
THE ONE WAY A LOOP ALIGNMENT TYPICALLY MEAN LONGER ONBOARD TIMES AND OUT OF DIRECTION TRAVEL THE HOURLY, UH, FREQUENCY MEANS LONGER WAIT TIMES FOR CUSTOMERS.
THE GREEN LINE IN FACT DOES HAVE BETTER SERVICE DESIGN, UH, BUT THERE'S SOME CONCERNS RELATING TO IT'S BOTH, BOTH FREQUENCY AND OVERLAPPING FOOTHILL LINES, 1 78 AND 2 81.
UH, AND IT JUST SPEAKS TO BETTER COORDINATION WITH FOOTHILL TRANSIT,
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UH, IS CERTAINLY NEEDED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE REDUNDANCY IN TERMS OF THE ROUTE ALIGNMENTS, UH, AND RANDOM TRANSFER CONNECTION TIMES THE PLAZA WEST COVINA.AND THAT JUST MEANS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT PULSE.
THAT IS WHEN YOU GET OFF ONE BUS, THE OTHER ONE ISN'T WAITING AND YOU MIGHT HAVE A 15 TO 29 MINUTE WAIT, UH, IN, IN TERMS OF COMPLETING THAT TRANSFER.
SO SOME OF THE KEY OBSERVATIONS INCLUDE OVERALL GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE IN THE CITY IS GOOD.
UH, BUT THE GO WEST FOOTHILL TRANSIT IN LA DPW THAT HAS THE USEFUL INTO SHADOW THOSE ROUTES DON'T FUNCTION AS A LOCAL NETWORK AND GO WEST COVERS THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE FOOTHILL COVERS THE CORRIDORS.
BUT THERE'S LIMITED CONDUCTIVITY BETWEEN THESE SERVICES ACCESS TO METRO LINK.
AND THE GOLD LINE STATION REQUIRES A TRANSFER TO FOOTHILL TRANSIT.
AND THE GREEN LINE IS JUST DISCONNECTED FROM THE NETWORK EXCEPT FOR ON-STREET TRANSFER POINTS.
ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT OF THE WORK PLAN WAS HAVING ADMINISTERED A COMMUNITY SURVEY, UH, AND RECEIVED SOME 549 RESPONSES WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESPONSE IN TERMS OF WHEN ASKED FOR THOSE THAT HAVE USED THE SHUTTLE SERVICE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT IN TERMS OF THE QUALITATIVE ASPECTS? SOME 80% THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD AND ENJOYED IT.
UM, SO AGAIN, THOUGH, THE USERS OF THE SERVICE, THE CUSTOMERS, UH, CERTAINLY VIEW IT FAVORABLY IMPORTANTLY, WHEN LOOKED AT WHEN, WHEN ASKED, WHY YOU DON'T USE IT, UH, WE HEARD, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT BUS TO TAKE.
UH, IT DOESN'T GO WHERE THEY WANT TO GO TO IN TERMS OF DOESN'T TRAVEL TO AND FROM THE KEY LOCATIONS.
UH, AND THE ROUTES ARE NOT DIRECT ENOUGH WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
UH, THERE WERE A COUPLE THAT, THAT CERTAINLY, UH, ROSE TO THE TOP IN TERMS OF APPEARED TO BE A PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE THAT INCLUDED ON DEMAND, RIDE HAILING TYPE SERVICE, BETTER INFORMATION ON HOW TO USE THE SERVICE, A MOBILE APP THAT WOULD PROVIDE REAL TIME CUSTOMER INFORMATION LATER EVENING SERVICE, AND MORE BUS STOPS AS WELL AS AMENITIES IN TERMS OF BENCHES AND SHELTERS.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES, WHO ELSE IS DOING WHAT? AND THIS IS WHAT I REFER TO AS THE, THE EVOLVING MOBILITY LANDSCAPE, NEXT GENERATION MOBILITY OPTIONS, BOTH IN TERMS OF SERVICE DELIVERY AND TECHNOLOGY, HOW MIGHT WE BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE? AND THAT MIGHT INCLUDE A E HAILING APP, UH, FOR TRIP REQUESTS, MOBILE PAYMENT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION WHEN LOOKING AT THESE OPPORTUNITIES AROUND TECHNOLOGY AND SMART APPS, AND WHAT HAVE YOU ARE TITLE SIX CONSIDERATIONS AND TITLE SIX JUST SPEAKS TO THE EQUITY ANALYSIS.
IT RECOGNIZES THAT NOT EVERYBODY HAS A SMART DEVICE, THERE'S THE UNBANKED, AND YOU NEED THAT BACKUP OR DEFAULT PLAN THAT TYPICALLY WOULD INCLUDE A CALL CENTER OF SORTS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE ABLE TO MAKE A PHONE CALL ON A TRIP REQUEST, BUT DON'T HAVE THE, UM, THE APP BASED, UH, CAPABILITY.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT DIFFERENT VEHICLE TYPES DEPENDING ON THE OPTIONS THAT ONE WANTS TO THE, THE, THE ALTERNATIVE THAT ONE WANTS TO GO FORWARD WITH, UH, IN TERMS OF VARIOUS SHUTTLE, MICRO TRANSIT TYPE OPPORTUNITIES.
THEY'RE SMALL PURPOSE-BUILT VEHICLES, THERE'S A DIAL, A RIDE TYPE VEHICLE THAT'S CURRENTLY USED.
THERE ARE CERTAINLY SOME GREAT EXAMPLES OF THESE TROLLEYS, UH, THAT ARE USED TYPICALLY.
AND I'M THINKING OF THE LAGUNA BEACH FESTIVAL TROLLEY TYPE THING, OR AR OR POMONA IN TERMS OF ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES THAT ARE OFTEN BRANDED AS, YOU KNOW, SHOP DYING, PLAY TYPE, UH, BRANDING CONSIDERATIONS.
AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S THE TRADITIONAL OR CONVENTIONAL TRANSIT BUS, THE BIG 40 FOOT CNG PASTA THAT TYPICALLY IS OPERATING ON A FIXED ROUTE, A FIXED SCHEDULED SERVICE.
SO THE KIND OF SERVICE IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES, CONCEPTUAL ALTERNATIVES, THERE'S FOUR THAT I WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS EVENING.
ONE IS TO RESTRUCTURE THE GO WEST SHUTTLE ROUTES.
THE SECOND IS A SOUTH SIDE ON DEMAND MICRO TRANSIT SERVICE.
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PHASED OUT THE GO WEST SHUTTLE SERVICE AND TRANSITION TO CITYWIDE MICRO TRANSIT.AND THE FOURTH IS DISCONTINUE THE GO WEST SHUTTLES AND INTEGRATE SERVICES WITH FOOTHILL TRANSIT.
SO IN TERMS OF THE FIRST WITH THE RETAIN, THE CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR GO WEST SHUTTLE, BUT REPLACE THE ONE-WAY LOOPS WITH LINEAR ALIGNMENTS AND BY DIRECTIONAL SERVICE ON MAJOR STREETS AND REDUCE TRAVEL TIMES, ADDRESS SOME OF THE PREVIOUS ISSUES AROUND OUT OF DIRECTION, TRAVEL, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, RESTRUCTURE TO REFLECT, TO CROSS TOWN ROUTES, A RED LINE IN THE NORTH AND RECONFIGURE THE GREEN LINE, AND A COUPLE OF OPTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF THE ALIGNMENTS, UH, CERTAINLY EXTEND COVERAGE TO THE BALDWIN PARK METRO LINK.
AND WITHIN THIS SCENARIO TO RETAIN THE EXISTING DIAL, A RIDE SERVICE FOR OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
THE SECOND, EXCUSE ME, CONCEPT IS THAT OF REDUCING THE GO WEST SHUTTLE SERVICE AND IMPLEMENTS OUTSIDE ON DEMAND SERVICE.
SO JUST BRIEFLY, THIS SPEAKS TO A MORE LINEAR ALIGNMENT IN THE NORTH END SOUTH OF GENERALLY SOUTH OF CAMERON, UH, TO CONVERT THAT AREA TO AN ON DEMAND, UH, ZONE.
AND THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY ELIMINATE THE, THE GREEN LINE.
THE THIRD IS PHASED OUT THE GO WEST SHUTTLE SERVICE AND TRANSITION TO A CITY-WIDE MICRO TRANSIT, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING MULTI ZONES THAT FOCUS ON CONNECTIVITY OR FIRST, LAST MILE CONNECTIONS TO THE FOOTHILL TRANSIT NETWORK, THE FOOTHILL HIGH FREQUENCY, UH, BUS LINES AT KEY TRANSFER POINTS, SIMILARLY TO COORDINATE WITH LA DPW AND CONSOLIDATE WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE EAST, EXCUSE ME, EACH FULL INTO SHUTTLE SERVICE AND COORDINATE BOTH OPERATIONS AND FUNDING, AND THEN COORDINATE MICRO TRANSIT SERVICE DELIVERY WITH THE EXISTING DIAL, A RIDE FRAMEWORK, THE, THE SERVICE FOR OLDER ADULTS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO ENHANCE CONSUMER CHOICE AND INCREASE OPERATING EFFICIENCIES.
AND THE FOURTH ALTERNATIVE IS DISCONTINUE THE GO WEST SHUTTLE SHUTTLES AND INTEGRATE SERVICES WITH FOOTHILL TRANSIT, UH, AGAIN, DISCONTINUE, BUT LOOK AT HIGHER FREQUENCY FOR THE FOOTHILL TRANSIT LINES PROVIDING NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST SERVICE WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
WE MET WITH FOOTHILL TRANSIT, UH, JUST RECENTLY TO EXPLORE THIS VERY CONCEPT AND ARE WAITING ON THEM, PREPARING SOME FINANCIALS FOR US IN TERMS OF WHAT IT MIGHT COST TO LOOK AT.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE 1 78 TO INCREASE FROM THEIR CURRENT 30 MINUTE HEADWAYS TO A 15 OR A 20 MINUTE.
AND ONCE UPON RECEIPT OF THEIR FINANCIALS, WE'LL COMPLETE OUR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, UH, OF, OF THIS OPTION.
THIS JUST GRAPHICALLY SHOWS THE FOOTHILL ROUTES THAT I WAS ALLUDING TO IN TERMS OF THE 1 78 TO 81 AND TWO 80, WHICH PROVIDE A GAIN GENERAL CORRIDOR COVERAGE IN A NORTH SOUTH EAST, WEST, UH, ORIENTATION AND A FINAL RECOMMENDATION.
AND NOT NECESSARILY A CONCEPT IS TO DEVELOP A TRANSFER HUB WITHIN THE AZUSA OMAR, A RETAIL AREA.
AND THIS JUST SPEAKS TO WHERE A NUMBER OF PRODUCTIVE FOOTHILL ROUTES CONVERGE AND WOULD BE A GOOD TRANSFER LOCATION, WHETHER COUNCIL CHOOSES TO, TO ADVANCE THE GO WEST SHUTTLE OR A MICRO TRANSIT ALTERNATIVE.
SO FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, WE'VE PRESENTED THE FOUR CONCEPTUAL ALTERNATIVES OF THE RESTRUCTURE, THE SOUTH SIDE ON DEMAND PHASE OUT AND TRANSITIONED TO CITY-WIDE MICRO TRANSIT OR DISCONTINUE AND INTEGRATE SERVICES WITH FOOTHILL TRANSIT.
AND AT THAT, MR. MER, I WOULD ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION, AS FAR AS THOSE FOUR OPTIONS YOU PRESENTED, UH, WOULD THOSE STILL BE WITHIN OUR BUDGET THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SPENDING, OR ARE WE NOT THAT FAR INTO THAT ANALYSIS? THERE'S STILL THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS TO BE DONE.
AND AGAIN, WAITING ON NUMBERS FROM FOOTHILL THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, OUR PRELIMINARY LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, THE ANSWER IS YES.
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OF SERVICE COMMENSURATE WITH EXISTING BUDGETS, UM, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.WHICH THIS VERY HIGH PRICE OF A GAS, I THINK WE ENCOURAGE A LOT OF PEOPLE STUDYING, TAKING THE MEDS TRANSPORTATION WITH LESS FEAR OF A PANDEMIC.
SO I THINK WE SAW IT AT A SPRING FESTIVAL.
I KNOW ALL THE GOAL, AS I KNOW, BASICALLY IS FULL PACK AND IT MOVED PEOPLE AROUND.
SO MEANING THEY HAVE NO CHOICE.
IF WE HAVE A NIGHT ENOUGH PARKING, SO WE GET THEM FULL LOCATION OKAY.
SO THAT IS SHOWING THE PEOPLE COMING BACK WILLING TO TAKE MASS TRANSPORTATION, BUT HOW WE DESIGN A COUPLE OF THINGS, THE ROUTE AND MAKE IT MORE CONVENIENT, CONNECT WITH THE GOAL LINE WITH METRO LINK AND, UH, HOW WE CONNECT WITH A FOIL TRANSIT, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE MOVE PEOPLE AROUND OR USING THE MASS TRANSPORTATION BY DRIVING.
BECAUSE IF IT GETS HIT SIX, $7, I, EVERYBODY CAN AFFORD IT TOO TO DRY.
UM, YESTERDAY'S $120, SO IS THAT POSSIBLE? OKAY.
AND I DRIVE IN A TRUCK, SO THAT MEANING OKAY.
AND THE, YOU SAY ISSUE A BURDEN FOR ANY WORKING CLASS.
SO, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, SO WE NEED TO DESIGN A MUCH MORE OKAY.
MORE WE CAN NET PEOPLE MOVING AROUND, FOR EXAMPLE, TO THE PARK, TO THE SPOOL PLAQUE, TO THE SHOPPING MALL, TO THE OKAY.
UH, THE SENIOR CENTER AND ALL THE SHED, THE ORG CENTER.
DESIGN AND THE, WE NEED TO REQUEST FOR YOUR TRANSIT TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO GET A SYNCHRONIZED TRAFFIC OR LAND NEED TO BE DONE, BECAUSE THAT IS HOW ATTRACT PEOPLE TO TAKE, UH, BUSES, BECAUSE YOU'RE VERY CONVENIENT.
YOU JUST HIT ON THE AZUSA, YOU WILL BE GREEN LIGHT.
SO, SO THE OTS HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AS IF ONLY WORK ON THE CITY.
I AGREE, DEFINITELY THAT THERE'S ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, UH, REGIONALLY FOR BETTER TRANSPORTATION THAT YOU'VE TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND.
THAT'S WHY I LIKE OPTION NUMBER FOUR, OPTION.
A QUESTION ABOUT MICRO TRANSIT ON YOUR PROJECTION OR THIS IDEA HOW MANY MICRO TRANSIT LITTLE BANDS COULD WE POTENTIALLY EXPAND TO DO, DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER OR NOT REALLY? WE'VE LOOKED AT SUB ZONES WITHIN THE CITY.
UH, THAT IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CITY-WIDE MAACO TRANSIT, THERE'D BE SUBS ZONES THAT WOULD FOCUS ON THE FIRST, LAST MILE CONNECTIVITY TO FOOTHILL.
SO YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE GOING FROM THE SOUTH END TO THE NORTH END ON MICRO TRANSIT.
IT WOULD FEED YOU INTO A HIGHER ORDER CORRIDOR.
UH, ONE OF THE FOOTHILL ROUTES BASED ON THOSE ZONES, WE'D BE LOOKING AT ABOUT FOUR VEHICLES PER ZONE.
NO, I'M SORRY FOR A THREE ZONE SERVICE.
UH, WE'D BE LOOKING AT FOUR VEHICLES FOR ALL THREE ZONES, CORRECT? UM, YEAH.
I WANT TO CONTINUE ABOUT EVEN THE FOOTHILL TRANSIT.
AND SO I'VE BEEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY.
ON CITRUS, I SAW THE EMPTY BUSES.
SO, SO IN SOME CLUB AND TO A HALLWAY HELPED THEM TO HELP THE RIDERSHIP.
AND, UH, SO THE PROBLEM IS, IS WE NEED, UH, WE CANNOT HAVE, UH, ALL THE BIG BUSES DRIVING ALL THE CITY.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING GO WEST OR SOME OTHER TROLLEY STYLE.
SO WE HAVE LOOK INTO IT, SEE WHICH ONE WILL BE OKAY.
SO WE SAID, WE SAID IT BEFORE LAST TIME, THREE 15, THE COMEDIAN.
SO HOW CAN WE END IT CONVENIENT IS HOW WE CONNECT THE DOTS AND MOVE PEOPLE.
AND, UH, TO THE PLACE IT WANTS TO DO AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRY.
SO, SO FOR THIS POLL PLEX, I THINK THERE WILL BE A ROUTE IF WE HAVE, UH, UH, SOME GAME GOING ON.
SO PEOPLE BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY NOT ENOUGH PARKING.
SO THAT IS THE ONE THING WE NEED TO USE IN A SMALLER ONE.
CAN I EVEN GO INTO THE PARKING LOT? SO WE POSSIBLE, WE HAVE THE DRIVING, MEDIUM-SIZED LIKE A GO WITH TYPE OF, UH, BUSES AND, UH, HOPEFULLY ELECTRIC.
SO, SO A LOT OF THINGS NOW WE CAN MAYBE DISCUSS OKAY.
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PUT THE EXTRA IMPLANT TOGETHER AND MAYBE GET OUT P OKAY.AND, UH, TO SEE THE DESIGN, THE ROUTE.
I THINK WE EXPIRE, RIGHT? SO WE CAN MAYBE WORK ON THE IP AND TAKEN OFF.
THEY CAN GIVE A PROPOSAL TO, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
THAT WAY WE COULD KEEP THIS SHIFTING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, ALL OF THIS SOUNDS GREAT COORDINATING WITH FOOTHILL TRANSIT, I THINK WILL, WILL BE WONDERFUL.
AS YOU MENTIONED, AS, AND AS WE'VE PROBABLY ALL NOTICED PLENTY OF EMPTY SEATS ON THOSE BUSES AND THEY'RE REALLY NICE BUSES.
IT CAN ALL CONNECT TOGETHER WITH BLUE PEOPLE ROW.
I CAN, WE SOLD THIS THING GOING ON WITH A GUEST PRICE LIKE THIS.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO DOWN TO $3 PRETTY SOON.
SO WE THINKING ABOUT UP AND DOWN THE GUESTS.
PRICE COMING DOWN A LITTLE BIT UNDER 100 PER BARREL, BUT TOMORROW MAYBE GO TO $120 A BARREL AGAIN.
THE, NO MATTER WHAT THE CASE PRICE DISCOVERY IS, WON'T BE TOO LOW.
SO WE NEED TO USE TRANSPORT, MASTER TRANSPORTATION FOR PEOPLE TO UTILIZE OKAY.
SO THERE WILL BE ECONOMICAL LEAF FEASIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT.
AND THE, I THINK WHY THE SHOW WOULD GO OUT WITH THIS CASE, BUT NOW HOW WE HURRY UP DESIGNED A RIGHT ROUTE.
AND PROMO AND PROMOTE AND MOVE PEOPLE AROUND.
UM, UH, MR. CONSULTANT, MRA, UH, I'VE.
I'M SORRY FOR YOUR FIRST NAME.
STEVE, HOW DO YOU THINK YOUR MRI? YES.
THE INCREASE IN GAS PRICES HAPPENS TO BE A GOOD THING FOR THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY.
AND WE'VE CERTAINLY SEEN A BUMPING RIDERSHIP BEING EXPERIENCED AROUND THE NATION.
UH, AND THEN AS YOU CERTAINLY REFERENCED WITH WHATEVER THIS POST COVID ENVIRONMENT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, UH, PEOPLE ARE INDEED MIGRATING BACK TO PUBLIC TRANSIT.
UH, BUT TO YOUR POINT, ARE WE LOOKING THEN AT RESTRUCTURING THE GO WEST SHUTTLE ROUTES? UH, I THINK SO.
I THINK WE NEED TO RIGHT MAN, AND I THINK THAT'S NECESSARY.
I THINK THE HARD PART FOR ALL OF US WILL BE WHAT IS THE RIGHT, UM, THE RIGHT RECIPE HERE.
I LIKED THE IDEA OF EXPERIMENTING WITH SOME LINEAR ASPECTS OF THAT, OR INSTEAD OF A LOOP.
UM, I LIKE THE IDEA OF, OF THE MICRO SHUTTLES.
UM, I THINK THIS MAY END UP BEING A DYNAMIC PROCESS WHERE WE PROCEED TO THE BEST SOLUTION BY WAY OF TRIAL AND ERROR AND EXPERIMENTATION, BUT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK THIS PAST WEEKEND WITH OUR, UH, FESTIVAL AT THE SPORTS PLEX.
I THINK, UM, IT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE THAT THE SHUTTLES WERE BEING UTILIZED.
THAT'S EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT THAT'S ALL I WANT, ESPECIALLY AS YOU KNOW, THE CONTEMPORARY PROBLEM OF THE PRICE OF A BARREL OF OIL, IT'S MORE, MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER TO MAKE SURE WE UTILIZE THOSE DOLLARS EFFECTIVELY.
SO I THINK, UM, CERTAINLY RE REDESIGNING THE ROUTES I THINK IS CRITICAL.
UM, BUT I THINK WE'LL, WE'LL NEED A LITTLE BIT, WE'LL TAKE THE DATA FROM, FROM THE SURVEY TO KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, W WHATEVER PARTS OF THE ROUTES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING USED, WE MAKE THOSE LINEAR ROUTES, RIGHT.
THEY GO BACK AND FORTH AND THEN ADAPT FROM THERE AND REALLY ENGAGE OUR DRIVERS AND ENGAGE OUR RESIDENTS IN TO GIVING US CONSTANT FEEDBACK.
I THINK WE STILL NEED A PARTNERSHIP, NO MATTER GO WEST OR ANY ALGEBRA IN A WAY.
WE, WE STAY IN THE OLDEST SERVICE.
AND I THINK MOST OF THIS PAIN BY THE MAJOR A OKAY.
J MONEY AND THE GUEST MONEY'S ENOUGH , BUT WE STILL DON'T WANT TO WASTE TAXPAYER'S MONEY, BUT WE NEED TO DESIGN A MUCH BETTER ROUTE.
I THINK GO AS WE'LL COME TO KIND OF GIVE A DESIGN A NEW ROUTE.
I THINK THAT GAVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE.
THIS WEEKEND AND THEY MOVE PEOPLE AND THEY'LL FIND OUT THE CORTEZ PARK, HAVE MORE PEOPLE AND TO GET TWO BUSES AND TRY TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND AND THEIR STEM STANDING IN FRONT OF THEIR MOVE PEOPLE.
I THINK THIS IS WHAT THEY FEEL THAT SENSE OF PARTNERSHIP.
THEY'RE HELPING US MOVE INTO PEOPLE AND THAT WE NEED, IT'S KIND OF A MEDIAN SIZE BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE A MORE EVENT AND THEN WE CAN MORE PEOPLE MORE.
UM, COUNCILMAN , UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR, UH, AI, AND TO, TO POINT TO, TO JUST THE, THE SPRING, SPRING FESTIVAL, WE, WE ALSO HAD SEVERAL HUBS, UH, ALL AROUND THE CITY.
WE, WE HAVE A HUGE, YOU KNOW, GEOGRAPHICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, LAND SPACE.
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SO NOT EVERYONE CAN, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE HUB ON AMR AND AZUSA, WHICH, WHICH I THINK IS A NEED, BUT THERE, THERE THERE'S OTHER AREAS, BECAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THE ISSUES TOO, IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO I GO TO, TO, TO, TO GET THIS? UM, I WOULD PREFERABLY LIKE TO WALK OR, OR MAYBE RIDE MY BIKE.I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE TO THE PLACE WHERE I'M GOING THEN CATCH THE MICRO TRANSIT.
AND SO THEN I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE NEED TO DISCUSS TOO, IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WOULD BE THE PROPER SPACES.
AND I, AGAIN, I THINK THE SPRING FESTIVAL GAVE US A GREAT LOOK WHEN YOU PUT ONE AT CORTEZ, WHEN YOU PUT ONE AT EDGEWOOD, WHEN YOU PUT ONE AT CAMERON AND ALL THE DIFFERENT SPACES, RIGHT.
IT MADE IT THAT PEOPLE COULD GET TO IT.
THEY COULD WALK FROM THEIR HOUSE, THEY COULD RIDE OVER AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE WEIGHT AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE COMPLAINED, BUT THE WEIGHT REALLY WAS NOT LONG.
YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED SUNDAY.
I THINK ONCE EVERYONE REALIZED THE WAY THE SHUTTLES WERE WORKING ON SATURDAY, SUNDAY BECAME A DAY WHERE, OH, YEAH, LET'S JUST TAKE THE SHUTTLE.
LET'S GO, UH, AND, AND REALLY ENJOYED.
AND SO, UH, I THINK IF THAT COULD ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY, IF YOU COULD PROVIDE US MAYBE SOME OTHER, BESIDES THAT EMAR AZUSA HUB, UH, BECAUSE THE OTHER PART IS, AS PEOPLE ARE WALKING AND I LIKED THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT THE BUSINESS AREA ON AMR AND AZUSA, RIGHT.
BECAUSE IF I WALKED BY BUSINESSES, AS I'M GOING TO GO TO MY SHUTTLE, I'M GOING TO SHOP, I'M GOING TO BUY SOMETHING.
BY, BY MY COFFEE, BEFORE I GO TO THE HUB.
OR, YOU KNOW, IF WE PUT A HUB RIGHT.
AND PEOPLE WALK BY THOSE LITTLE RESTAURANTS.
MAYBE I FIND MYSELF FROM SCOOP STREET, SOME ICE CREAM BEFORE I JUMP ON MY SHUTTLE.
FOR OUR BUSINESSES THAT, THAT WALK.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO WALK BY THE BUSINESS, WAIT IN THE HUB, THEN TAKE THAT SHUTTLE TO THE SPORTSPLEX.
SO YOU HAVE THESE TEAMS COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN, RIGHT.
MAYBE THEY'RE, THEY'RE WALKING BY THOSE AYMARA AZUSA BUSINESSES.
MAYBE THEY WALK BY THE GLENDORA BUSINESSES, IF THEY'RE COMING FROM THAT AREA.
MAYBE THEY WALKED BY EASTLAND BUSINESSES.
SO IF WE COULD KIND OF LOOK AT THAT, RIGHT.
BECAUSE PART OF THE REASON YOU WANT THIS RIGHT.
IS YOU WANT TO MOVE PEOPLE TO, TO, TO THE BUSINESSES, TO DO THEIR, TO SPEND MONEY AND DO THEIR SHOPPING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP, OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER, TIBET HUBEI REGARDING THE, UH, HOW TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND.
BUT, UH, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IT TOO.
A TRANSPORTATION EVENT, WHY IT'S A SPECIAL EVENT.
SPOKE PLAN FOR SPRING FESTIVAL IS ONLY HAPPEN POSSIBLE EITHER ONCE A YEAR OR QUARTERLY OR SOMETHING.
SO, AND THE, SO, UH, THEN WE HAVE TO, UNDESIGN ANOTHER REGULAR THAT ROUTE.
W HOW WE DESIGNED THE, OH, I HAVE THE SURVEY FOUND THE TRANSPORTATION, FUNKO WARES, OR ANY COMPANY, A DESIGN OF WHY IS MORE USABLE, REGULAR ROUTE TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND.
SO YOU HAVE A TWO THING, SPECIAL EVENT ROUTE.
SO IN THAT WE, WE NEED TO KIND OF WALK IT TOGETHER, SEE HOW WE MAKE IT MUCH MORE OKAY.
SO IN A WAY, I THINK WE CAN UTILIZE, OKAY.
THESE TRANSPORTATION, JUST WE, SO ON THE SPRING FESTIVAL, THAT IS AMAZING NEW PEOPLE.
ON THE SUNDAY, I THINK WE HAVE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE, SEVEN, EIGHT, 10,000 PEOPLE AS A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING IN ONE DAY AND IT'S PACK.
SO, SO, AND THE, MOST OF THE PEOPLE IS FUN.
SO, SO MEANING THAT IF YOU WORK, SO HOW CAN WE MAKE IT EVEN BETTER, BECOME SOME KIND OF BIGGEST, WE MAY HAVE A REGULAR MORE EVENT NOW WITH THE SPORT.
AND THE PEOPLE PLAYING THE GAME AND THEY, THEY, THEY KNOW THE PARKING IS NOT REALLY THAT GREAT, SO POSSIBLE TO TAKE THE SHELTER, SERVICE COUNCILMAN ABOUT TO BUY.
AND, AND, AND, AND TO THE POINT, I THINK THAT THAT WEEKEND SERVICE BECOMES AN IMPORTANT PIECE.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, DURING THE WEEK WHERE, WHERE, WHERE, WHERE AT WORK RIGHT.
WHERE MOST OF THE RESIDENTS, RIGHT.
OR TRAVELING TO WORK AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT IT'S THE WEEKEND WHERE I WOULD LIKE, RIGHT.
THE, THE SHUTTLE SERVICE TO THESE DIFFERENT AREAS RIGHT.
TO, TO ENJOY THE DAY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE SPECIAL EVENTS.
UH, BUT THEN THE, THE WEEKEND, RIGHT.
BECOMES, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SPACE FOR US TO, TO MOVE TO THESE AREAS.
UM, WOULD EVENING SERVICE BE A PRIORITY FOR COUNCIL AS WELL? I WOULDN'T, I WOULD SAY LET'S LET THE MARKETPLACE BEAK IF RESIDENTS DESIRE THAT, AND THERE'S A DEMAND FOR THAT IN THE EVENINGS.
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WE BROADCAST THAT WE'RE MAKING THIS ATTEMPT TO IMPROVING THE SERVICES AND UTILIZING OUR TAX DOLLARS MORE EFFECTIVELY, I WOULD SAY CERTAINLY IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF OUR RESIDENTS WOULD UTILIZE IT.AND I MEAN, YEAH, THAT COULD, THAT COULD BE THE CASE, WHETHER IT'S FOR, YOU KNOW, SPORTS, SHOPPING, WHATEVER JOBS.
SO, UM, IF, IF WE COULD FIND A WAY TO GET THOSE ANSWERS FROM THE, YOU KNOW, THE WRITERS THAT THAT WOULD BE USEFUL IF I MAY, WE CERTAINLY HEARD FROM THE RIDERS, YOU KNOW, THEIR DESIRE FOR EVENING SERVICE, BUT IT WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SHARE, YOU KNOW, THEIR SUCCESS STORIES OUT THERE WITH A HYBRID TYPE DELIVERY MECHANISM SCHEME IN TERMS OF MAYBE, UH, YOU KNOW, RESTRUCTURING OF THE SHUTTLE ROUTES DAYTIME EVENING, WHEN YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE TRIP THRESHOLD TO JUSTIFY FIXED ROUTE FIXED SCHEDULED SERVICE, YOU SUPPLEMENTED WITH EVENING MICRO TRANSIT EVENING ON DEMAND, TNC TYPE SERVICE.
AND THAT WAY YOU'RE ABLE TO GAUGE MARKET ACCEPTANCE.
IF YOU BECOME A VICTIM OF YOUR OWN SUCCESS IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WANT IT, THEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO RETHINK, WELL, MAYBE NOW WE CAN JUSTIFY FIXED ROUTE, FIXED, SCHEDULED SHUTTLES COUNSELING.
I WANT TO MAYBE CONDENSE INTO OUR DISCUSSION HOW WE CAN MOVE ON.
SO WHILE THEN WE, SO WE, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT, OKAY, WHAT CAN THE ROUTE THAT, THAT WILL BE POPULAR FOR PEOPLE TO USE? SO MAYBE WE HAVE, UH, OUR CURRENT CONTRACTOR TO GIVE A SUBJECTION.
YOU GO, THEY'VE BEEN DRIVING AROUND THIS, ON THAT.
A SECOND THING, OR KIND OF A VEHICLE WE WANT, OKAY.
ONE OF THE TROLLEY TYPE, OR YOU WANT THE 17 THAT GO WELL, SHUTTERS, THE KIND OF STYLE OR THE OTHER PICTURE TO LOOK ALL DIFFERENT.
SO WHAT KIND OF STYLE THE CT WANTS TO CHANGE INTO THE IMAGE? OKAY.
ARE WE GOING TO SEND TRADITIONAL THE MIDDLE, TOP ONE IS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OR ARE WE GOING TO SOME TROLLIE STYLE? OKAY.
SO, SO THIS IS A, WE, I THINK WE NEED TO OKAY.
THE SPECIAL EVENT, HOW WE WORK TOGETHER.
AND, UH, EVEN WE TALKING ABOUT, OKAY.
THE NIGHTTIME AT NIGHTTIME IS A DIP DIFFICULT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT MANY PEOPLE WILLING TO TAKE THE BUS AT NIGHTTIME.
THEN I DON'T THINK THEY EVEN FEEL SAFE.
WAITING AT THE BUS STOP AT NIGHTTIME.
MORE LIKE MAYBE ON DEMAND, LIKE UBER, LYFT, UBER LYFT.
SO, SO I THINK WE NEED TO CONDENSE WHAT OUR DISCUSSION AND HOW WE MOVE ON TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND THEN TO KIND OF WORK TOGETHER WITH, WITH WIDE THE, TO ASAP, TO, TO GET THIS THING DONE, BECAUSE I THINK OUR RIDERSHIP WILL GO UP BIG TIME.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO ACT ON WHAT ASAP AND THEY HAVE A OKAY GO AS TO GIVE US A DIRECTION AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND THAT WE DECIDE IP AND THAT WE CHOOSE SEND THE CONTRACT.
AND IF I MAY ADD W UM, PURSUANT TO COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, UM, WE HAVE STARTED COLLECTING THE RIDERSHIP FOR ON AND OFF AT THE BUS STOPS FROM MV TRANSIT.
SO WE ARE STARTING TO COLLECT THAT DATA SO MUCH.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD, UM, AGAIN, I, I THINK IT'S ALSO NECESSARY TO, TO KIND OF IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE WE COULD PUT THESE SPECIFIC HUBS THAT, THAT CREATE THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN, UH, WALKING BY BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN DROPPED OFF GOING BY BUSINESSES THAT MAYBE AS THEY'RE ONTO THE MAIN DESTINATION, RIGHT.
TO, TO AGAIN, CREATE THAT, UH, ECONOMIC STIMULUS THAT, THAT COMES, YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF CITIES WHEN, WHEN THEY CONSIDER WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR HUBS, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
THEY PURPOSELY KIND OF FORCE YOU TO, TO WALK BY, AND AS YOU WALK BY YOU, YOU, YOU BUY.
AND THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT.
WE TALK ABOUT, SINCE WE ALL ONE TIME AS A FOUR YEAR TRANSITS PER MEMBER, AND THEY TOLD US ABOUT HOW TO USE THE HUB BEHIND THE SHOPPING MALL ON A PARKING AND THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY IT.
SO WE HOPE WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THE HUB BECAUSE THERE'S A PARKING.
AND THEN THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL IN THE AREA WE SHOULD COMBINE WITH THE AREA WAS A MAJOR HUB.
AND THE, MY POSSIBLE OF MAJOR DEVELOPMENT WITH HOUSING.
LET'S TELL HUNDRED LAST TIME WE WERE APPROVED.
AND THEN, AND THEREFORE HE WENT INTO, THEY
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HAVE A GRANT WILLING TO IMPROVE.AND THAT WE JUST NEED TO WORK WITH, UH, OKAY.
THE, THE, THE OWNER OF A PLAZA WEST COVINA, AND TO SEE HOW WE WORK ON THAT, IT'S A STREET.
AND EVERY TIME I PASS THROUGH LEAD, THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE RIDING BUSES RIGHT THERE.
SO I THINK THERE'S A, ONE OF A CENTRAL HUB.
SO CAN WE IMPROVE THAT? THE AREA WAS WITH A FOUR YEAR OLD TRANSIT AND FROM THERE, THEN YOU HAVE A GO AS TO KIND OF PEOPLE THAT GO THROUGH THEY'RE CONNECTED INTO THE SMALL STREET.
SO, BECAUSE, UH, BECAUSE THE BUS IS ONLY GO TO THE MAJOR STREET AND IF I'M THE MAJOR STREET AND WE CAN HAVE THERE TO GO TO SENIOR.
SO IN THAT WAY, THEN WE CAN MOVE PEOPLE.
THEN THEY VERY CLOSE TO THEIR HOME.
SO SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE THING, BUT, BUT THIS IS WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OKAY.
AND THEN WE DO, BASED ON THIS MAP, HOW MANY HUB WE NEED TO HAVE THE SOUTH SIDE AND THE EMAR AND AZUSA, THEY NEED A HUB.
AND THEN FROM THERE, THEY MAY BE, CAN GO TO IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SPORE PLAQUES THAT GO SOUTH, THEN HAVE A HUB RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN THE WEST SIDE AND THE EAST SIDE, THEN WE KIND OF KNOW SIDES.
ENTIRE THIS BIG 17 SQUARE MAYA TO KIND OF CONNECT AND WITH SOUSA, WITH FOOTHILL TRANSIT TO MOVE PEOPLE INTO THE GOAL LINE AND, UH, UH, OKAY.
AND A METRO LINK ON THE COVINA.
SO, SO EASILY, THEN YOU WILL CONNECT IT.
SO, SO I THINK THAT IS WHAT THE IDEA NETWORKING.
WITH ALL THIS TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN AND WITH OUR CURRENT CONTRACTORS, SEE HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER IF THEY DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB, BUT WE, WE, WE DON'T MIND TO.
SO, SO JUST FIND A GOOD ROUTE AND LET'S WORK TOGETHER.
AND, UM, SO IN A WAY WE MAKE IT WORK FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A CONVENIENT TRANSPORTATION.
AND MAYOR PRO TEM HAS, YOU HAD THANK YOU, MAYOR CASTELLANO'S.
UM, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT IDEA IF WE HAD A TROLLEY TYPE OF BUS, BECAUSE I THINK TEENAGERS ARE GOING TO BE OUT OF SCHOOL SOON, AND THEY ARE GOING TO WANT TO WRITE THAT TO THE MALLS.
AND I JUST THINK THAT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
I MEAN, THAT'D BE FUN LIKE BEING AT DISNEYLAND.
I THINK ALL THE KIDS WANT TO TAKE A RIDE.
I WOULD WANT TO TAKE MOM, TOOK ME TO THE BRIDE ON THE BUS.
I THINK I CAN JUST SEE THAT GOING DOWN GLENDORA AVENUE AND, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE WOULD GO TO THE MOVIES SHOP.
AND SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
UM, SO WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE IN WANTING JUST IMPROVEMENT IN OUR ROUTES AND RIDE RIDES AND OUR RESIDENTS USING TRANSPORTATION.
SO, UH, THE NEXT STEP WILL BE FOR US TO GIVE DIRECTION.
SO WE, AS A COUNCILMAN, WHO SAID, PERHAPS THE NEXT STEP IS TO, UH, NEW, NEW ROUTES UTILIZING DATA FROM, UM, MV TRANSIT, AS WELL AS EXPLORING, UM, HAVING HUBS AND EXPLORING, UM, HYBRID MODELS POTENTIALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING TO FOOTHILL, TRANSIT, COLLABORATING WITH FOOTHILL TRANSIT, WHICH I THINK WILL ALSO IMPROVE THEIR RIDERSHIP NUMBERS, BUT MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES TROLLEYS, EXPLORING TROLLEYS.
I THINK, I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, ISSUING AN RFP TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S OUT THERE, MAYBE ELECTRIC TROLLEYS, MAYBE, MAYBE THEY HAVE GOT WIFI, WHATEVER THE MARKETPLACE OFFERS NOW THAT THAT COULD BE BETTER FOR US.
ON THE TROLL, ANYTHING WE DON'T NEED TO EVERYTHING'S TROLLEYS, OR MAYBE, MAYBE SOME TROLLEYS, SOME GO AS, OKAY.
THE TYPICAL THE BUSES, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE, I DON'T WANT TO GO COMBINATION, COMBINATION SOME AREA.
AND THAT WE SEE ARE WE MOVE PEOPLE AROUND HOME, WHICH ONE'S BUSIER, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE, OKAY, IT'S ALL PLAQUES.
THEY SEE CORTEZ POLLY'S, UH, SENIOR CENTRISM, LONG LINE AND THEY'RE WIDE AWAKE, GET MORE BUSES TO PICK THEM AND DROP OFF OR PICK UP.
SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING OKAY.
WE WANT THE RIDERSHIP AND WE WANT MORE PEOPLE AROUND.
AND TH THERE'S QUITE MAYORS THOUGHT DOESN'T WANT TO SEE EMPTY BUSES DRIVING, WASTING THIS ANTIBIOTIC WITH THIS MEETING.
I THINK WE CAN FIND SOME COMMON GROUND.
ESPECIALLY, UH, THE, WE SAW ALL THE BAD THING ABOUT THE GUESTS, SO THAT WILL KIND OF HELP THE BUS TO PICK UP MORE PEOPLE.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR US TO FIND A WAY AND TO PUNISH IT AGAIN, ABS ABSOLUTELY LIT LINEAR ROUTES.
MAYBE SOME UBER, SOME TROLLEYS AND CONNECTING WITH FOOTHILL TRANSIT, AS WELL AS SOME TRANSPORTATION HUBS AND LISTENING TO THE MARKETPLACE, I THINK DIAL RIGHT.
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MAYBE DIAL RIGHT.TO SERVE OUR BB PRICEY DUE TO THE GUEST.
SO I, I THINK, UH, WITH ALL THOSE COMMENTS, IS THAT SUFFICIENT TO GIVE DIRECTION? OR DO YOU NEED US TO TIGHTEN IT UP A BIT? I THINK THAT IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU GUYS.
IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE WORK WE'VE DONE HERE, WHERE WE'RE M AND A, IN SOME PROGRESS I WANT TO ASK.
WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE CAN GET THIS TIE UP MOST SOON.
AND HOW SOON WE CAN GET THE NEW, UH, OKAY.
AND A ROUTE TO KIND OF PROVIDE FOR US TO, WE CAN SEE THE CONTRACTS THESE ON THAT, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, MOVE ON IS A V S SINCE PRICES.
OH, I ALWAYS WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
THAT'S BRING THEM UP AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO JOIN IN ON, UM, MAYOR.
SO WE'D LIKE IT, UH, PROBABLY LIKE A MONTH AND A HALF TO TWO SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME DATA FROM MV TRANSIT AND WE CAN GET, UM, THE FINANCIALS.
WE WANT TO GET THAT DATA LIKE YOU MENTIONED, RIGHT? FAIR ENOUGH.
I WANT, I WANT, WE WANT GOOD DATA.
OH, WE ARE GETTING, EXCUSE ME, STEVE ALLEN.
I'M WITH ENVY, AS YOU KNOW, UM, YES, WE ARE GETTING DATA.
SHE'S ACTUALLY RIGHT OVER THERE.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT COLLECTS IT.
UM, I BROUGHT HER HERE JUST IN CASE YOU GUYS WANT TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT WE HAD TO DO SOME REARRANGING OF THE TRIP SHEETS FOR THE DRIVERS SO THEY CAN COLLECT THIS DATA AND IT'S ACCURATE DATA.
AND SO FAR WE'VE GIVEN WHAT A WEEK'S WORTH, MAYBE FIVE DAYS, THREE DAYS, BECAUSE WE HAD TO REARRANGE THE GREEN ROUND.
WE GOT DATA ON BLUE AND RED, RIGHT.
AND GREEN AND BLUE AND RED BECAUSE THEY WERE EASIER.
GREEN ROUNDS, THOSE BOTH WAYS.
SO THE TRIP SHEETS ARE LIKE THREE TIMES AS BIG AS THEY SHOULD BE AT THIS POINT, BUT WE ARE COLLECTING THE DATA AND WE'RE PROVIDING THEM WITH EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED OR ASK FOR.
UH, AND, UH, C UH, PREVIOUSLY YOU HAVE A, ANOTHER NEGATIVITY ABOUT EMPTY BUZZERS DESIGN LAB, BUT SEE YOU, YOU TURN AROUND WITH A SCREAM FESTIVAL.
I, SO I SAID, I THINK I SAW YOU AND, UH, ANOTHER LADY, YOU KNOW, FROWN.
AND TRY TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND.
AND I ASKED HER A QUESTION AND THE HOW, AND, UH, THEY HAVE A LOT OF, UH COTEZ OKAY.
AND, UH, SENIOR CENTER RESIDENT, WHERE DID FOUR B PICK UP A DROP OFF AND THEN SHE WIPED AWAY.
SO WE HAVE THE TWO BUSES COME IN, SO TO BOOT PEOPLE.
SO NEXT TIME COME ON AND ACROSS COUNTER STRATEGY.
SHE DID SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY.
IT'S VERY SMOOTH BECAUSE WE STARTED HAVING BUSES GO THROUGH ALL FOUR HOPS INSTEAD OF JUST ONE GOING.
IMPRESS ABOUT HOW YOU HELP US TO MOVE PEOPLE USE MORE BUSES.
SO, SO, SO THIS IS A KIND OF COMEBACK FOR THEM.
UM, I'M THRILLED THAT WE HAD THAT, UH, THAT SERVICE AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS CAME THROUGH THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
WE WANT TO DELIVER THE SERVICES FOR THE DATA COLLECTION AND FOR THIS PAST WEEKEND.
WAY, THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS WEEKEND, IT PRU THAT YOU GOT CAN PERFORM.
THERE'S JUST LIKE THE, YOU HAVE TO PROVE TO US OKAY.
AND A SPECIAL EVENT OR SOME OTHER PLACES, THEY HAVE SOME OTHER, SO WE POSSIBLE WHERE UTILIZE OKAY.
AND, UH, SO WE WORK TOGETHER AND SEE, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE? AND, UH, I THINK WE STILL HAVE TO GO TO IP.
AND YES, IT WOULD DEPEND ON HOW YOU GUYS WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT, UM, IF WE WANT TO KEEP A SHUTTLE SERVICE OF ANY SORT, WE WILL, OH, I, I THINK SHE'S ALL WITH OUR PANEL CURRENTLY, SO WE CAN USE THAT, TEND TO CUE VERSA.
ALTHOUGH THEY ALREADY DRIVE OUR CT.
I THINK THEY KNOW OUR CT AND I HAVE ALL THE DATA.
SO I THINK WE CAN GET THE DATA AND THE DESIGN NEW ROUTE AND THE HUB.
AND MAYBE DO, DO WE HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF STYLE BUSES? LIKE CONTROLEES DYER? WE CAN ABSOLUTELY.
WE CAN, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO BE MORE LIKE AN RFP PROCESS.
MAYBE WE CAN DO A P FUND THEM.
SO EVERYBODY HAS A FAIR CHANCE, BUT HE'S, I MEAN, THOSE BUSES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE LIKE SEVEN YEARS OLD.
I THINK, I THINK HE STARTED IN PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT.
WHAT'S THE AVERAGE LIFE CYCLE OF SEVEN TYPE OF BUSES.
ONLY SEVEN YEARS, SEVEN OR EIGHT REALLY? WELL, THAT MAKES THIS GOOD
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TIMING.SMA IS THE CYCLE FOR THE, EVERYTHING IS SEVEN YEARS COST AND NEW CAR.
MAYBE THEY GET DRIVEN A LITTLE HARDER.
OH YOUR BUS, IT'S A NEW AND FRESH AND THAT'S NICE, BUT, BUT I THINK IT'S OKAY.
AND THEN WE PROVIDE FOR THE CONCEPT IS REALLY, I THINK THAT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD.
LIKE WHAT WE WERE DOING ON THE WEEKEND, JUST TO ME, SEEMS LIKE THAT'S THE WAY TO GO.
WOULD YOU PLEASE KIND OF DESIGN AND SEE HOW WE CAN PUT THE HUB? ABSOLUTELY.
AND, UH, WE CAN STUDY IN PROMO AND THEN WE CAN SEE PEOPLE STARTING TAKING THE BUSES AND MOVE AROUND.
I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE WANT SO WE CAN GET THIS DATA THAT WE'RE PROVIDING, I THINK.
I THINK I SEE WE SMILED AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, MR. CITY MANAGER, I ATTEMPT TO SUMMARIZE THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION TONIGHT.
WHAT I'M HEARING IS YOU'RE GIVING DIRECTION TO STAFF TO FURTHER REFINE THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN AND TO RETURN AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING WITH IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSIT HUBS, LINEAR ROUTES, VEHICLE TYPES, AND A PROGRAM OF COLLABORATION WITH FOOTHILL TRANSIT.
AND I WANT US TO KEEP IN MIND ALSO THAT I THINK THIS PROCESS WILL HAVE TO BE DYNAMIC AND WE'LL KEEP ASSESSING IT ALONG THE WAY JUST TO GET TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
BUT YES, THAT YOU SUMMARIZED IT.
WELL, ANYTHING MISSING COUNTS? DID I LEAVE ANYTHING OUT COUNCIL THAT I HEARD TONIGHT? I THINK THAT'S IT.
UM, PAULINE HAS SAID A MONTH AND A HALF OR TRUE FOR YOUR FURTHER REFINEMENT CONSIDERATION.
WHY TAKE SO LONG? WE, WITH LIKE TIME TO COLLECT ENOUGH DATA FOR IT TO BE, AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE WAITING ON THE BUS STOP WAITING FOR THE BUS.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
THEY JUST MENTIONED THAT THEY STARTED COLLECTING THE DATA THAT YOU GUYS REQUESTED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE GETTING ON AND OFF AT EACH STOP.
SO THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT WE WANT TO SEE AT LEAST FOR A MONTH SO THAT WE CAN HAVE, CAN WE SEE THE PROBLEM WAS YOU CAN PROVIDE IT IN THE WEEKLY AS WE GET THE DATA, BECAUSE TO BE THE GUEST PROBABLY SO HIGH PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO USE THAT, UTILIZE THE BUS.
SO I THINK WE CAN HURRY UP TO YOU TO PUT IT IN TOGETHER SO PEOPLE CAN UTILIZE ASAP.
SO I THINK THE TWO MONTHS THEN IT WILL TAKE ABOUT A YEARS PASS FREQUENT UPDATES.
SO YOU PUT YOUR UPDATES A WEEK.
IF YOU CAN BRING EARLIER, IT'S PUTTING EARLIER AND THEY'LL JUST HAVE THEM TO GIVE US THE ESTIMATION AND THE NEW ROUTE.
AND THEN IF WE NEED TO GO TO IP, WE GO TO RFP AND ACTION.
SO THAT, UH, CONCLUDES THAT ITEM.
THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING.
UH, FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT PROGRESS.
SO WE'LL KEEP, KEEP IT MOVING.
AND, UM, DO WE SEE HERE? DO, DO WE NEED A MOTION ON THAT ONE? YOU HAVE CONSENSUS WELL NOTED AS CONSENSUS.
[MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS]
THAT TAKES US TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS OR REQUESTS OR COMMENTS.DO I HAVE ANY FROM MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS? I KNOW YOU WILL.
UH, AGAIN, I CANNOT THANK MORE TO ALL THE STAFF AND THE SEVEN NONPROFIT GROUP, UH, TO PUT THIS MAGNIFICENT FIRST ANNUAL OKAY.
SUPREME FESTIVAL TO BRING SO MANY JOY FOR SO MANY PEOPLE.
I HAVEN'T SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE SMILING AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.
I MISS THE CHILDREN BOUNDING AROUND SCREAMING IN THAT AREA.
IT'S SUCH A GOOD FEELING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TWO YEARS PANDEMIC AND THEN PEOPLE'S WORRY.
AND THAT IS THE TIME WHEN YOU SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE INTEGRATE EACH OTHER.
AND WHEN I SEE THAT THE FOLK DANCER FOR MA OKAY, MEXICAN FOLK, TENSOR, OUR LOCAL CHILDREN AND THE CHINESE TENSER, THE YOUNG CHILDREN WITH THEIR CLABSI TENSOR WITH THEIR COSTUME.
AND THEY'RE WAITING AT A SEVEN TIME, THE INTEGRATE AND MINGLING TO TAKE PICTURE TO EACH OTHER.
AND LET IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
SENSE OF COMMUNITY, DIFFERENT CULTURES WITH DIFFERENT BACKGROUND.
AND THE PERFORMANCE OF EACH OTHER AND EVEN LENT THEIR FOOTSTEP.
AND, AND, AND THAT IS WHAT THIS SPRING FESTIVAL IS ABOUT.
THAT WITH THESE SEVEN CUBA PEOPLE IN , THEY HAVE A GOSPEL SINGER.
AND THEY EVEN HAVE A PARADE WITH ALL THEM TO WALK ENTIRE THREE OR FOUR BASEBALL FIELDS.
THAT'S A LONG WALK, IT'S A LAW AND DON'T FORGET THE DRAGON AND THE DRAGON DANCE, THAT LINE DANCE HAD THE POULET DRUM.
AND THAT IS A VERY ENJOYABLE EVENT.
AND, UH, AGAIN, UH, ONE TO SANK.
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GROUPS THAT THEY'RE PITCHING THE MONEY, THE PITCHING, THE PERFORMANCE THAT WE CREW ALL THE VENDOR.AND THEN THEY PUT IT TOGETHER AND I WANTED TO, THANKS.
ROXANNE IS THE KEY PERSON TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE.
AND THEY HELPED US CT TO ORGANIZE AND THAT I WANT TO THANK RAUL AND THE STEVE.
AND THE, AND THE, ON THE, ALL THE STAFF OVER THERE KEEP THE, THE PLACE SO CLEAN, IT'S REALLY CLEAN.
AND, UH, AND, UH, THEY WORK, THEY WORK THEIR BUTTS OFF ALL THE TIME AND CLEANING UP THE PLACE AND NOTHING BUT PRAISING ABOUT HOW FRIENDLY OUR STAFF OKAY.
SO, SO AGAIN, I, I HAVE MY DEEPEST APPRECIATION.
I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF AND ALL THE PEOPLE ATTEND.
UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO IT AGAIN ASAP BECAUSE PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY, LET'S DO IT AGAIN, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ, I'M GOING TO BE QUICKER THAN YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I JUST, I JUST HAVE TO SAY YES, THE STAFF WAS WONDERFUL.
AND WHAT FOR YOU GUYS IS FROM ONE OF THE VENDORS THAT SAYS, WOW, I REALLY IMPRESSED HOW CLEAN THIS PLACE IS.
HOW MANY TRASH CANS DO YOU HAVE? WE DON'T HAVE ANY TRASH ON THE FLOOR.
AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.
AND I WILL ECHO THOSE COMMENTS.
GREAT JOB, NOT ONLY AT THE SPRING FESTIVAL, BUT IN ALL THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON.
THANK YOU TO OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP AND ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN ALL DEPARTMENTS.
UH, I DO WANT TO MAKE A REQUEST.
I WOULD LIKE FOR US, OUR STAFF, TO LOOK AT, UM, IF OUR, YOU KNOW, STATE REGULATIONS AND OSHA REGULATIONS WOULD ALLOW US TO REMOVE THIS PLEXIGLASS.
AND IF WE CAN, LET'S MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.
AND WITH THAT, DO I HAVE ANY OTHER COUNCIL REQUESTS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
UH, THINGS WE WANT TO HAVE A CITY MANAGER INTRODUCE OUR NEW IT MANAGERS.
I THINK IT'S THAT MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE HIM TO ALL PRESENTATION NEXT TIME, OR IF HE IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS.
SO I GIVE AROUND, YOU COULD LEAVE IT UP TO HIM AND SAY, HERE HE COMES, OH, YOU WANT TO DO IT NEXT, NEXT, FORMALLY INTRODUCED PRESENTATION.
DO YOU WANT TO COME DOWN TO TIME DURING NEXT TIME TOO? YEAH.
THAT WAY WE'LL HAVE MORE OF AN AUDIENCE, BUT THIS IS FOR US.
OH, MY NAME IS WHEELCHAIR HERE.
I'M GLAD TO BE JOINING THE TEAM HERE.
TODAY'S MY SECOND DAY, UM, WAS ABLE TO JOIN THIS LOVELY MEETING.
AND I'M SURE I'LL BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS A LITTLE MORE LATER, SO, AND THEN WE'LL COME LATER AND THANK YOU.
MAKE SURE I'LL EAT EMAIL WALKING.
AND SITTING NO FURTHER COMMENTS.