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[Call to Order]
WELCOME TO OUR JUNE 7TH, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR MASON, MASON.
OKUBO FROM EMMANUEL FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF WEST COVINA.
MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ERR, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRIVILEGE.
HEAVENLY FATHER GUARDIAN KEEPER OF YOUR PEOPLE WATCH OVER THE MEMBERS OF OUR CITY COUNCIL AND PROTECT THEM, GRANT THEM WISDOM AND PERMIT THEM TO EXPERIENCE THE JOYS OF NOBLE SERVICE, TO GRATEFUL PEOPLE, ENCOURAGE COOPERATION AND THOSE WHO ARE SERVED AND THOSE WHO SERVE, PROMOTE ALL THINGS FOR THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA AND MAY YOUR WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED AMONG US AGAIN, 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 COUNCIL MEMBER
BEATO MAYOR PRO TEM D'USSE MAY ACCUSTOM ON US.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? THANK YOU.
[PRESENTATIONS]
PART OF OUR AGENDA.UH, FIRST PRESENTATION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IS FOR THE WEST COVINA DANCE TEAM.
UH, SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE NANCY GALVIS TO THE FRONT AND OFFICER BENNY TEZ AS WELL.
AND THE WEST COVINA DANCE TEAM QUALIFIED FOR THE NATIONAL STAGE AND THEY'RE THE CHAMPIONS.
THESE GIRLS PERSISTED PRACTICED, SACRIFICED, CHEERED EACH OTHER ON AND WAITED PATIENTLY FOR THEIR TURN.
AFTER TWO YEARS OF WAITING FOR THEIR MOMENT, THEY DANCED THEIR HEARTS OUT AND BROUGHT THE TITLE OF USA NATIONALS, DANCE CHAMPIONS, BACK TO WEST COVINA.
THANK YOU LOT, LOT TO CHEER AND CELEBRATE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO ALLOW YOU TO READ THE LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS OR NAME THEM OFF AS WELL AS THE NAMES OF THE DANCERS AND THE DANCE COMPETITIONS YOU'VE ATTENDED.
ABSOLUTELY, UM, LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
SO WE ARE THE USA NATIONALS, DANCE CHAMPIONS AND JV HIP HOP.
UH, WE PLACED A FIRST, UH, THIRD PLACE IN SMALL DANCE SHRILL AT USA DANCE NATIONALS, UM, FOR THE USA REGIONAL DANCE COMPETITION.
WE PLACED FIRST IN JV, HIP HOP, SECOND PLACE IN JV, PALM SECOND PLACE IN SMALL DANCE DRILL AND WITH NO FURTHER ADO, THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WE ARE CELEBRATING TONIGHT.
SO ARRA RIVERA, SHE PERFORMED IN JV, HIP HOP AND ANGELINA LOFTY.
SHE IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT SHE PERFORMED IN JV, HIP HOP, SMALL DANCE DRILL AND PALM AS ME CORDOVA.
SHE'S THE TEAM CAPTAIN AND SHE COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.
SHE PERFORMED IN JV, HIP HOP, SMALL DANCE DRILL AND PALM EVELYN RODRIGUEZ.
SHE PERFORMED IN JV, HIP HOP, SMALL DANCE DRILL AND PALM GRACIE TORRES.
SHE PERFORMED IN SMALL DANCE DRILL AND PALM, MELANIE SALIVA.
SHE PERFORMED IN JV, HIP HOP, SMALL DANCE DRILL AND PALM MICHELLE WHO? SMALL DANCE DRILL IN PALM MCCAULEY VIA JV HIP-HOP AND PALM,
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SAMANTHA RAMIREZ, PALM AND SARAH MELENDEZ, JV, HIP HOP, SMALL DANCE DRILL AND PALM.AND ACTUALLY, UH, BEFORE, GO AHEAD.
YOU READY AS ME AS ME DANCE CAPTAIN.
AND UM, ACTUALLY I'D LIKE TO INVITE ONE OF THE SPONSORS WHO I KNOW SPONSORS THIS TEAM OFTEN OUR COUNCILMAN TONY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP PLEASE? AND IF WE COULD, UM, WELL LET ME HAVE COUNCILMAN WU SAY A FEW WORDS FIRST.
AND I'M SO PROUD RESOLVE THIS YOUNG LADY.
I BASICALLY, SO YOU GROW UP OKAY THEN THE FIRST TIME.
AND THE, WE SOLD WITH YOU GUY AND THAT WE REQUEST AND SAY, HEY, I'M GOING TO SPONSOR YOU BUY, YOU NEED TO PERFORM.
AND YOU GOT A GUY PERFORM AT THE LAKE.
REMEMBER A GUY HAVE OUTSTANDING.
THE FIRST DAY WE HAVE ABOUT 200 PEOPLE.
THE SECOND DAY WE HAVE ABOUT 300, BUT THE LAST DAY WE HAVE BOW PACKS, ABOUT FIVE, 600 PEOPLE SHOW UP JUST TO SEE YOUR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE.
MOVE INTO THE LIVE COLLEGE OR THE GOOD THING.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, GUY CONTINUED TO CARRY ON.
AND THEY'LL BE OUTSTANDING OF OUR WEST COVINA WHERE PRESENTERS AND THE WISDOM IS.
I WANT TO WISH YOU THE BEST FOR THE FUTURE.
YOU WILL BE SOMEBODY, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, CONGRATULATION.
AND IF YOU YOUNG LADIES WOULDN'T MIND IF WE COULD GET HALF AND HALF FOR A PHOTO.
ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY DON'T SIT DOWN YET.
WE'VE GOT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME MORE CERTIFICATES FROM OUR SENATOR.
MY NAME IS
UM, WE ARE, WE JUST HAD TO MAKE IT AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE AMAZING WORK AND ATHLETICISM THAT YOU LADIES HAVE BEEN, THAT YOU LADIES HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN WITH THIS DANCE TEAM.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT NATIONAL CHAMPS.
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UP.I, EVERYTHING THAT YOU LEARNED IN YOUR, IN YOUR DANCE TROUPE, FROM THE TEAMWORK TO JUST THE REHEARSALS, EVERYTHING YOU THAT IS ALSO APPLICABLE IN LIFE, MORE APPLICABLE THAN YOUR CLASSES DON'T TELL ANYBODY.
NO, BUT NO, BUT REALLY JUST IT'S JUST CONTINUE PERSEVERING, CONTINUE BEING THE AMAZING ARTISTS AND LEADERS THAT YOU ARE.
SO AMAZINGLY FAR MEAN YOU ALREADY HAVE.
SO WITH THAT SAID THE STATE SENATOR SUSAN RUBIO, YOU KNOW, SHE'S AN EDUCATOR AND ACTUALLY SHE, SHE WAS A HUGE CREATIVE, SHE WAS AN ACTRESS AND DANCER AS WELL.
SO WE WANTED TO BE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU LADIES WERE ACKNOWLEDGED.
AND SHE ALSO DOES HELP, UH, PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AS WELL, SIR.
THAT'S WHAT I CAN HEAR THERE ANYWAYS.
UM, FOLKS, UH, JUST WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT OUR OFFICE.
WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT AND WE'LL BE HAVING A STATE SENATOR AND SUSAN RUBIO.
WE WANT TO APPLAUD YOUR HARD WORK ON THE JUNIOR VARSITY WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL, COMPETITIVE DANCE TEAM, AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR AMAZING DEDICATION IN REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY NATIONALLY.
DO YOU WANT THE MIC OR NOW I CAN HELP IF YOU NEED TO MEET MELANIE.
OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS FOR PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY.
LIKE TO INVITE FRANCOISE, COLTON TO THE FRONT HERE, FRANCOISE HERE.
I'M GOING TO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED THIS CHEAT SHEET AND I'M GOING TO LET YOU DO THE HONORS OF READING THAT.
UM, THE TIMING OF GUN VIOLENCE DAY, AS MEANINGFUL AS IT COINCIDES WITH NATIONAL WEAR ORANGE WEEKEND WEAR ORANGE WAS CREATED IN MEMORY OF A YOUNG GIRL HAD DAYA PENDLETON WHO WAS KILLED BY A GUN AFTER PERFORMING IN BARACK OBAMA'S SECOND INAUGURATION PARADE.
HER FAMILY WANTED TO COMMEMORATE HER LIFE AS SHE WAS DESTINED FOR GREATNESS.
SHE LOVED THE CAR, THE ORANGE, WHICH WAS, WHICH IS THE COLOR HUNTERS WERE TO BE SAFE.
HIS FAMILY CREATED WEAR ORANGE TO OCCUR THE FIRST WEEKEND IN JUNE.
BUT THE PURPOSE OF SPREADING GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHILE ALSO HONORING THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY GUN VIOLENCE.
UM, I ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION TO HONOR ALL THE GUN VIOLENCE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS AS THAT'S WHAT, WHERE ORANGE IS ALL ABOUT.
SO I'M WEARING ORANGE TODAY, UM, AND
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HAVE OVER THE WEEKEND AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, I'M A SUPPORTIVE MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN AMERICA.WE'RE A NON-PARTISAN GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION MADE UP OF, UH, NON-GUN OWNERS AND GUN OWNERS WITH THE GOAL OF REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE AND IMPROVING GUN SAFETY FOR EVERYONE.
WE BELIEVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT CAN BE RESPECTED BY SIMULTANEOUSLY, UH, PROTECTING PEOPLE THROUGH COMMON SENSE GUN LEGISLATION.
SO ALL OF THIS SNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN LIVING IN AN EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS NATION, THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH CHILDREN I READ RECENTLY IN THIS COUNTRY ARE GUN SHOOTINGS, WHICH IS HORRIFYING.
PEOPLE THINK THAT MASS SHOOTINGS ARE THE MAIN CAUSE OF GUN VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN BECAUSE MASS SHOOTINGS ARE WIDELY PUBLICIZED AFTER AN INCIDENT WITH MANY HORRIFIC PICTURES AND ARTICLES ALL OVER THE NEWS MEDIA.
AND THOSE REPORTS TALK ON OUR HEARTS.
SO WE NEVER FORGET, BUT 90% OF SHOOTINGS ARE NOT FROM MASS SHOOTINGS, SHOCKINGLY AND TWO THIRDS OF ALL GUN DEATHS ARE DUE TO SUICIDE.
I KNOW, BUT THERE'S, ISN'T ONE ANSWER TO THIS PROBLEM OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BUT REQUIRING BETTER SAFE GUN STORAGE LAWS WOULD BE ONE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR CHILDREN.
PARENTS THINK THAT HIDING A GUN IS SUFFICIENT, BUT CHILDREN FIND THOSE HIDDEN GUNS AND EITHER SHOOT THEIR BEST FRIEND A SIBLING, OR WHEN THEY'RE TEENAGERS.
UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S VERY HIGH SUICIDE FOR TEENAGERS.
SO TEENS HAVE ALSO BEEN PROVEN TO SOMETIMES USE UNSECURED FIREARMS OBTAINED FROM THEIR OWN HOME OR RELATIVE'S HOME FOR MASS SHOOTINGS.
I KNOW THIS IS ALL KIND OF A BUMMER STUFF AND I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S, THESE ARE THE FACTS.
SO RESEARCH SHOWS THAT KEEPING GUNS SECURED, UH, DOES NOT HINDER SELF PROTECTION AND AGAIN CAN BE ACCESSED WITHIN SECONDS, BUT IT DOES PREVENT UNINTENTIONAL DEATHS OF CHILDREN, TEEN SUICIDE, IN SOME CASES, MASS SHOOTINGS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STORING FIREARMS IN A SECURELY LOCKED CONTAINER CAN ALSO PREVENT GUNS FROM BEING EASILY STOLEN IN A HOME ROBBERY.
SOME PEOPLE ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE 25, 100 ALREADY ADDRESSES THIS ISSUE.
IT DOES ADDRESS IT, BUT IT'S INADEQUATE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT DEFINE HOW TO SAFELY STORE A FIREARM.
AND IT DOES NOT TO APPLY TO ALL HOMES.
MOST FIREARM OWNERS ARE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS WHO WILL FOLLOW THE LAW IF IT'S IN PLACE.
AND WE FEEL HAVING THIS ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS WOULD ULTIMATELY HELP TO CHANGE OUR CULTURE MUCH THE SAME WAY AS SEATBELTS DID IN THE 1980S, MANY CITIES AND TOWNS THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED SAFE GUN STORAGE ORDINANCES.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY WEST COVINA WILL DO THE SAME.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO VERY, VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS ALL AN HONOR OF THE VICTIMS AND THE SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE.
I KNOW WE ALL KNOW SOMEBODY, UNFORTUNATELY WHO'S BEEN AFFECTED BY GUN VIOLENCE.
AND SO THIS IS A TIME FOR US TO REALLY HONOR THOSE PEOPLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND STAY SAFE OUT THERE.
AND ON THE BEHALF OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU THAT BRINGS US TO THE THIRD PRESENTATION OF THIS EVENING, UH, BY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY.
WOULD YOU COME UP, PLEASE? I'M GOING TO HAND THE MIC OFF OVER TO YOU AND ACTUALLY, UM, I'LL HAVE YOU USE THIS ONE AND I'M GOING TO SIT DOWN SO I COULD PAY ATTENTION.
WE HAVE A POWER I CAN GET STARTED.
I GUESS I'LL JUST WAIT FOR MR. MAYOR TO GET AFTERNOON HONORABLE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS LINNAEUS SHIELDS AND I'M THE NEW PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR SOCAL GAS.
I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE, NOT ONLY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, BUT ALSO GIVE A QUICK BRIEF OVERVIEW ON SOQUEL GAS.
I GREW UP IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
SO I AM JUST DELIGHTED TO BE BACK IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY SERVING COMMUNITIES THAT I TRULY LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN.
SO CAL GAS IS THE LARGEST NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION UTILITY IN THE UNITED STATES CHOICE AND AFFORDABILITY IS OF TOP PARAMONT AT SOQUEL GAS.
WE HAVE 22 MILLION CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
WE RUN 20,000 MILES FROM VISALIA
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OVER TO THE MEXICAN BORDER, SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC ISN'T PART OF SOCAIL GAS, BUT IT IS PART OF THE SEMPRA FAMILY.WE OPERATE OVER 103 MILES OF PIPELINE.
SO THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AS WE'RE INVESTING IN ALTERNATIVE FUELS, SUSTAINABILITY HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE OF TOP PRIORITY AT SOQUEL GAS, OUR COMMITMENT AND OUR MISSION IS TO BUILD THE CLEANEST, SAFEST, MOST RELIABLE ENERGY COMPANY IN AMERICA.
AND LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING THAT.
WE ARE ENABLING THE ENERGY TRANSITION AND WE ARE DOING THAT BY INVESTING IN ALTERNATIVE FUELS.
YOU MAY ASK, WHY DO YOU HAVE A COW UP THERE? WELL, RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS COWS GO TO THE BATHROOM.
THAT BATHROOM, UM, PRODUCES A LOT OF METHANE.
WE ARE CURRENTLY CAPTURING THAT METHANE IN OUR DAIRY FARMS, CONDITIONING IT AND PUTTING IT RIGHT BACK INTO OUR PIPELINE.
NOT ONLY ARE WE INVESTING IN RNG, BUT ON HYDROGEN.
SO WE'VE HAVE HUGE INVESTMENTS IN HYDROGEN.
WE HAVE BEEN BLENDING IT AT OUR SITUATION CITY UP TO 20%, WE ARE ALSO DRIVING RESILIENT OPERATIONS.
WE CANNOT DELIVER, CONTINUE TO DELIVER THIS CLEAN ENERGY WITHOUT HAVING STRONG OPERATIONS.
SO AS OF RECENTLY, ONE OF OUR NEWEST PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IS OUR AVIATION MAPPING.
WE ARE USING HELICOPTERS AND DRONES TO BE ABLE TO FLY OVER OUR COMMUNITIES, TO BE ABLE TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY LEAKAGE.
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, WE WERE FLYING A HELICOPTER HERE OVER WEST COVINA, AND ABOUT TWO WEEKS, WE'LL BE FINE.
SO I WORKED CLOSELY WITH YOUR CITY MANAGER AND YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO GET THAT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE ALWAYS CHAMPIONING OUR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY MEANS SO MUCH FOR US TO CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE JUST LAST WEEK.
WE'RE IN BALDWIN PARK, INSTALLING FIRE ALARMS. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONNECTING WITH ALL OF YOU TO IDENTIFY NON-PROFITS IN THE AREA.
AND FINALLY ACHIEVING WORLD-CLASS SAFETY.
SAFETY IS OF TOP PRIORITY AT SOCAL GAS.
CURRENTLY I AM MEETING WITH YOUR WEST COVINA FIRE DEPARTMENT TO EDUCATE YOUR FIREFIGHTERS ON NATURAL GAS, SAFETY PROPERTIES.
AND I WOULD BE REMISSED IF I DIDN'T REMIND YOUR CUSTOMERS TO ALWAYS CALL 8 1 1 BEFORE YOU DIG, IT'S ABSOLUTELY FREE, NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE PROJECT IS, IF YOU'RE JUST PLANTING A TREE, JUST REMEMBER TO PLEASE PICK UP THE PHONE, GIVE US A CALL, ESPECIALLY OUR CONTRACTORS, BUT WE'RE NOT STOPPING THERE.
SO WE MADE A BIG CLIMATE COMMITMENT LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR IN MARCH OF 2021, WE MADE OUR ASPIRE 20, 45 COMMITMENT.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED TO BE CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2045, BUT THIS ISN'T ONLY IN OUR FACILITIES OR OUR OPERATIONS, BUT IN THE ENERGY THAT WE'RE DELIVERING TO YOUR HOME.
SO WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU TURN ON THE STOVE OR YOUR WATER HEATER IS GOING TO BE JUST A LITTLE BIT GREENER.
SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS TALKS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT.
THIS AGREEMENT REALLY FOLLOWS THREE DIFFERENT SCOPES.
CURRENTLY WE'RE ON THE FIRST SCOPE PURCHASING HYDROGEN MARIAH'S TOYOTA FUEL CELL CARS CONVERTING A LOT OF OUR FACILITIES OVER TO, UM, STRICTLY RENEWABLE ENERGY.
THE SECOND SCOPE WILL BE ELECTRIC GENERATION.
AS MANY AS YOU KNOW, ELECTRICITY HERE IN CALIFORNIA, WE GENERATES SO CAL GAS HELPS GENERATE THAT ELECTRICITY.
SO ALSO REDUCING HOW WE'RE, UM, REDUCING THE CARBON THAT WE USE TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY.
AND FINALLY, OUR THIRD SCOPE IS WHAT YOU HAVE DELIVERED IN YOUR HOME.
SO I HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO I'M DELIGHTED TO BE PART OF THIS JOURNEY, DELIGHTED TO HAVE ARM AT ALL OF MUNICIPALITIES ALONG, JUST JOURNEY WITH US.
SO I HAVE THIS SHORT LITTLE VIDEO ON THE NEXT SLIDE THAT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS, UM, OUR COMMITMENT, UM, IN A NICE LITTLE VIDEO.
SO COME CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2045.
HOWEVER, ENERGY DEMAND IS ESTIMATED TO DOUBLE OVER THE NEXT 24 YEARS WITH THE STATE'S POPULATION GOING TO OVER 50 MILLION RESIDENTS.
HOW DO WE SOLVE THIS MASSIVE CHALLENGE? THE SOLUTION IS A COMBINED BLEND OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AROUND NEW FORMS OF RENEWABLE GASES, SOLAR WIND, FUEL CELLS, AND CARBON CAPTURE.
OUR MISSION IS TO BE THE CLEANEST, SAFEST, AND MOST INNOVATIVE ENERGY COMPANY IN AMERICA.
AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING NET ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS BY 2045.
THE REALITY IS SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL GET US THERE HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN INVENTED, BUT THERE ARE FOUR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE US WELL ON OUR WAY.
RENEWABLE GAS, WHERE WASTE STREAMS ARE HARNESSED AND REUSE TO MAKE POWER BECOMING EMISSIONS, NEGATIVE POWER TO GAS WHERE EXCESS RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY IS USED TO CREATE RENEWABLE GAS AND HYDROGEN, WHICH CAN BE STORED, TRANSPORTED AND UTILIZED FOR DECADES.
HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS, WHERE PEOPLE CAN RELIABLY POWER, THEIR HOMES, BUSINESSES, AND TRANSPORTATION WITH NET ZERO EMISSIONS
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AND CARBON CAPTURE UTILIZATION AND SEQUENCE DURATION WHERE CARBON CAN BE CAPTURED AND UTILIZED IN NEW PRODUCTION PROCESSES FOR PRODUCTS OF THE FUTURE.AFTER ALL DECARBONISATION ISN'T NEW FOR US, WE'VE ALREADY REDUCED DISTRIBUTION EMISSION RATES TO 0.25% WHILE CONTINUING TO SERVE OUR 22 MILLION CUSTOMERS WITHOUT SACRIFICING RELIABILITY, RESILIENCY, OR AFFORDABILITY WHEN CALIFORNIA WANTED TO REDUCE PIPELINE EMISSIONS 20% BY 2025.
SO CAL GAS MET THE GOAL BY 2021 IN 2010, RENEWABLE GAS WASN'T EVEN IN USE BY 2022, WE WILL REACH 5% CAPACITY THROUGHOUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND 20% BY 2030 ON THE JOURNEY TO NET ZERO.
OUR MISSION IS MORE THAN WORDS.
IT'S OUR ETHOS THAT GUIDES EVERY ASPECT OF OUR BUSINESS.
WHAT DOES CLEAN LOOK LIKE CLEAN AS DE-CARBONIZING THE GAS GRID CLEAN THIS TURNING WASTE INTO ENERGY CLEAN IS UTILIZING EXCESS, RENEWABLE ENERGY.
WHAT DOES SAFE LOOK LIKE? SAFE IS THE DIVERSITY OF CLEAN ENERGY SOURCES.
SAFE IS INDUSTRY LEADING PROTOCOLS SAFE IS THE DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT AND CULTURE.
WHAT DOES INNOVATION LOOK LIKE? INNOVATION IS EVOLVING INTO A TECH FIRST INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY.
INNOVATION IS EXPANDING THE POTENTIAL OF RENEWABLE ENERGY.
INNOVATION IS LEADING THE EVOLUTION OF ENERGY.
OUR COMMITMENT IS TO MAKE THE AIR WE BREATHE AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS WE SHARE CLEANER, SAFER AND MORE INNOVATIVE BECAUSE OUR EVOLUTION IS OUR LEGACY EXCITING TIMES AT CAL GAS.
WE JUST HAD AN APPLICATION WITH THE PUC TO BUILD A STRICTLY HYDROGEN PIPELINE TO, UM, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING AND ALL THE INVESTMENTS IN ALTERNATIVE FUELS.
WE CANNOT DO THAT WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP.
SO I'M JUST DELIGHTED TO PRESENT THIS INFORMATION AND IT'S CONVERSATIONS LIKE THESE THAT WILL ALLOW NOT ONLY US TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS, BUT CALIFORNIA AS WELL.
SO FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE OUR CARE PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS, UM, INCOME QUALIFIED CUSTOMERS TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE 20% ON THEIR BILLS.
WE HAVE MEDICAL BASELINE THAT IF YOU DO HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION, YOU CAN DO GET A REDUCTION ON YOUR NATURAL GAS BILL AS WELL.
AND THEN OUR ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, IT'S ALSO INCOME QUALIFIED, BUT WE WILL ENTER A RESIDENT'S HOME AND DO RETROFITS WINDOWS, DOORS, ET CETERA.
SO WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF THE RESIDENTS ON OUR CUSTOMERS TO PLEASE GO ON OUR WEBSITE AND I'M TAKING A LOOK AT ALL THESE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.
FINALLY, I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH MY CONTACT INFORMATION, A PICTURE OF MY FAMILY AND I, AGAIN, I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE AS YOUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER.
I HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AND I'M HERE IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
WE SPEND LOTS OF TIME IN WEST COVINA, INCLUDING PORTO'S.
I'M DELIGHTED TO BE YOUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, BUT, UH, I, SINCE SAFETY WAS SUCH A BIG PART OF THE PRESENTATION, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I SPOKE WITH OUR WEST COVINA MEDICAL ADVISOR, UH, DR.
BAZELL VAS IN CHART, UH, AND HE SAID THAT THAT GAS IN THE HOME IS, IS NOT GOOD FOR CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH ASTHMA.
UH, AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION FOUND CHILDREN LIVING IN A HOME WITH GAS COOKING HAVE A 42% INCREASED RISK OF ASTHMA.
UM, AND SO, AND I NOTICED IN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU, YOU, YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT AIR QUALITY, UM, BUT THAT, THAT IS A, A MAJOR CONCERN.
AND SO I JUST, UM, WOULD LIKE, UH, YOUR, YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT.
YOU KNOW, PROPER VENTILATION, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, I'M A, NOT A MEDICAL EXPERT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY FINDING THAT THE USE OF, YOU KNOW, NATURAL GAS IN A HOME HAS ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS, YOU KNOW, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO MEET WITH YOUR MEDICAL ADVISOR AND SEE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, UM, CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE AND FIND, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.
I MEAN, IT, IT, IT IS, UH, KIND OF A MAJOR CONCERN.
I KNOW 55 CITIES AND COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA HAVE ALREADY, UM, DONE CODE CHANGES TO, TO NO LONGER HAVE, HAVE NATURAL GAS AND GO ALL ELECTRIC.
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UH, AND IT WAS A CONCERN.UH, I GUESS ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD IS, UH, ACCORDING TO POLITICO, UM, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS WAS USING RATE PAYER MONEY, UH, TO RECRUIT LATINO AND ASIAN COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, TO FIGHT ENERGY EFFICIENCY, CODES AND STANDARDS FOR BUILDINGS, UM, WHICH IS, IS A CONCERN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS PRESENTATION SEEMED KIND OF OUT OF THE BLUE.
UH, AND SO IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT, UH, TO, TO THE, THE FINES THAT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS RECENTLY PAID, UH, YEAH.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS UNRELATED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS SPECIFICALLY, THAT WAS SOMETHING WITH THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION AND WITH OUR RATE PAYER FUNDS THAT WAY.
SO I CAN'T COMMENT VERY MUCH ON THAT.
I'M NOT IN THE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR ON THE, YOU KNOW, THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE, BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO, UM, PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.
I CAN LEAVE YOU MY BUSINESS CARD AND MEET WITH YOU DIRECTLY.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, AS IT RELATES TO AIR QUALITY, WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TRANSPORTATION, ESPECIALLY IN CALIFORNIA IS OF A BIG CONCERN, YOU KNOW? AND SO, BUT AS FAR AS IN, IN, INSIDE THE HOME, YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE NO, NO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE INCREASED RISK TO CHILDREN AND CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA.
THAT'S NOT WHAT, YOU KNOW, OKAY.
WE SERVE AS 22 MILLION CUSTOMERS, AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN AN ISSUE.
TYPICALLY IT'S AN ISSUE THAT LIVE AROUND FREEWAYS.
YOU SEE THAT NO, AND, AND, AND THE, THE, THE, THE RESEARCH IS OUT THERE.
IT'S AN ISSUE W WHETHER YOU WANT TO SHARE THAT IT'S AN ISSUE, IS IT, I MEAN THAT I'M NOT ASKING FOR THE DEBATE.
I JUST WANTED TO HEAR, UM, WHAT, WHAT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS WAS, WAS GOING TO DO ABOUT, UH, ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND THE, ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE REGULATED BY THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
AND SO ANYTHING THAT WE DO NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THAT REGULATORY BODY.
SO EVEN RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS, RIGHT? YOU WOULD THINK WE NEED TO GET THAT BACK INTO OUR HOMES.
THIS IS A RENEWABLE GAS, RIGHT? WHY ARE WE LETTING SOMETHING I WOULD ARGUE? WE DON'T NEED TO GET GAS BACK, YOU KNOW? YEAH, NO, NO.
I GOT MY, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S MY QUESTION.
WE HAVE YOUR CONTACT INFO AND ANYTHING COMES UP.
WE'LL REACH OUT AND OUR CONSTITUENTS CAN DO THE SAME.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONNECTING WITH YOU.
I HOPE WE CAN SIT DOWN AND HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE AND MAYBE DISCUSS SOME OF OUR DIFFERENCES.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
WE'RE MOVING ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMITTED TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK AND ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? FIVE SPEAKER CARDS, MAYOR.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MIKE GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY WAYNE SPENDER, FOLLOWED BY A HERMAN.
WE CAN GRIPE ALL WE WANT, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T VOTE BY TODAY TOO BAD.
AND, UM, LAST, WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT OVER HERE, THE SUBDIVISION WITH THE 39 HOMES ON THE 2.2, SIX ACRES, KIND OF THAT CORNER LOT, AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT NATURAL GAS IS ON THE WAY OUT.
AS FAR AS LEGISLATION, I HEARD SOMETHING JUST LAST WEEK, CITY OF LA, WON'T BE ALLOWING NATURAL GAS AND FUTURE CONSTRUCTION.
SO YOU'VE BEEN, YOU GOT A HEADS UP FROM THOSE DEVELOPERS, JUST I LET YOU KNOW, AND FOR LETTIE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH BLACKOUTS.
SO I CAN TELL YOU IS I GENERATORS.
THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY MINE YOU HAVE.
THEY AREN'T THERE TO BE THERE ALL THE TIME, BUT BLACKOUTS IN CASE YOU HAVE PEOPLE WITH MEDICAL PROBLEMS OR SOMETHING, BUT YOU CAN GET A VOLUME DISCOUNT, BUT I CAN TELL YOUR SUBDIVISION IS GET SOME GENERATORS HAVING GROWN UP IN FLORIDA.
PEOPLE KNOW OF GENERATORS BECAUSE HURRICANES COME THROUGH AND YOU MIGHT GET YOUR MIGHT BE A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE YOU GET YOUR ELECTRICITY BACK.
SO I KNOW PEOPLE IN FLORIDA GENERATORS DO A LOT.
NOW WE HAVE A MAYOR'S RACE IN LA, AND I WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING.
EVERY THIS CARUSO GUY ACTS LIKE, OH, I'M AN OUTSIDER, HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH CITY HALL, BIGGEST FUCKING LIE ON THE PLANET.
AFTER ALL ENGLANDER, EVERY TIME THAT CROOKED COP WHO TOOK A BRIBE, NOT JUST THE MONEY BRIBE, BUT AN ESCORT MISUSE BRIBE, I E FOR A RAUCOUS NIGHT IN LAS VEGAS.
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THEY COULD GIVE THIS IS FROM DEVELOPERS TO MAYBE NOT CRUSOE, BUT SOME OF HIS BUDDIES, BUT EVERY TIME ENGLAND AROUND FOR OFFICE CARUSO GAVE HIM THE MAXIMUM, OH, FOR BOTH CITY COUNCIL RACES IS THE OFFICE HOLDER ACCOUNT.AND EVEN HIS FAILED ATTEMPT TO BE SUPERVISOR, HE GAVE, HE WAS GIVEN THE MAXIMUM MOP AMOUNT.
AND ALSO SOMEBODY RUNNING STATEWIDE.
THE CONTROLLER FROM LA RON GALPERIN, HE GAVE $500 TO MITCHELL.
ENGLANDER JUST THOUGHT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW, BUT CARUSO IS TRYING TO LOOK LIKE MR. CLEAN IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE DIRTIEST ONES AROUND.
AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW BECAUSE ENGLANDER MANAGED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF SEVEN.
SO WE DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF WHERE HE GOT HIS BRIBES.
I'VE HEARD THEM SAY CHINESE DEVELOPERS, BUT THE LA TIMES I'VE HEARD A LOT OF THESE PUBLICATIONS ARE OWNED BY PEOPLE FROM CHINA.
AND IT'S FUNNY, THE POLITICIAN'S NAMES ARE MENTIONED, BUT NEVER A DEVELOPER'S NAME HAS BEEN MENTIONED, NOT A ONE.
AND APPARENTLY WE MUST BE LIVING IN A NEWS VACUUM BECAUSE THE CASINO OPERATORS IN LAS VEGAS DID NOT WANT TO ALLOW JOSE WEEZER, A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER IN THERE BECAUSE HE HAD AN IMAGE OF SHAKING DOWN THE DEVELOPERS.
ISN'T IT NICE TO KNOW WE LIVE IN A NEWS VACUUM AND ALL THIS CROOKED STUFF IS HAPPENING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, KNOW ABOUT IT AND NOT US.
SO I WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT.
SO DON'T BELIEVE ALL THAT STUFF.
CRUSOE PUT $40 MILLION OF HIS OWN TO TRY TO BUY THE MAYOR'S JOB.
AND THEN HE GOT $4 MILLION THROUGH ONE OF THESE.
HE USED SOME CALL THEM SUPER PACK, SOME CALL THEM INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEES, BUT THE RACIST WHITE REPUBLICAN PIGS UNION, THE POLICE, THE LOS ANGELES PIG DEPARTMENT GAVE HIS PUT $4 MILLION TO TRY TO BEAT KAREN BASS FOR VERY PER NOTHING BUT RACIAL REASON.
THEY DON'T WANT TO SPOTS A GAL IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
AN 80% OF THE LAPD DOES NOT LIVE IN LA.
SANTA CLARITA IS PROBABLY THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY THAT GEORGE GUY WHO COMES HERE PROBABLY LIVES VERY NEAR HERE, NOT AN OUTLAY, BUT I JUST THOUGHT I'D GIVE THE PERSPECTIVE.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUTSIDERS, OH YES.
LAPD IS FULL OF OUTSIDERS THAT COME IN.
I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT IF I WAS GIVEN A TEST AND HAD TO CHECK IF THEY LIVED IN THE CITY OR COMMUTED, I WOULDN'T GET A HUNDRED ON IT.
I JUST CHECK ALL 9,300 IS COMMUTES TO LA AND I'D GET AN 80 ON THE TEST, NOT BAD.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE ATTITUDE OF DOING WHAT IT TAKES TO GET BY.
OH, AND FOR THE MAYOR PRO TEM, WHO CUT OFF MY MICROPHONE WHEN HER HUSBAND SPOKE ABOUT THOMAS ALLENS AND THAT INSPIRED ME, I VOTED FOR HIM FOR JUDGE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS WAYNE SPENDER FOLLOWED BY HERMAN FOLLOWED BY LAURA BARRAZA HERMAN FOLLOWED BY LINDA.
BARRAZA FOLLOWED BY ALBERT OCHOA.
WELL, LET'S START THE VOTE NIGHT LIKE THIS ONE OUT OF THREE PAGES.
AND ON THE THIRD PAGE, I SHOULD SAY THE FOURTH PAGE.
TOM IS D ELLISON ATTORNEY LEGAL PROFESSOR.
MISS DIS I THINK THE FORMER SPEAKER BEFORE ME, MR. GREENSPAN WAS CORRECT A BUNCH OF POLITICAL GARBAGE.
AND SINCE I DON'T BELIEVE IN AMERICA, IT'S DOOMED.
THAT'S MY VOTE BECAUSE I'M AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, NATURAL BORN FIRST AMENDMENT BELIEVER AND AN ADVOCATE IN THE WAY WE TREAT HOMELESS VETERANS AND THE WAY WE TREAT HOMELESS PEOPLE ON OUR STREETS.
NOW, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT MOST OF YOU ARE MAYBE THE PARTIAL OF YOU THAT DON'T HEAR FROM MISS RUBIO'S OFFICE.
THE SENATOR, I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE POSSIBLE HINT THAT THE CRISIS OF HOMELESSNESS IS OVER.
AND SO I FILLED OUT MY CARDS, ALL THREE LA LOSER, PASADENA LOSER, AND A MATTER OF FACT, ANAHEIM LOSER IN MY HEAD, ALL THREE FOR YOU GUYS
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FOR THE RECORD, ALONG WITH MY 20 PAGES FOR THE RECORD, DEALING WITH MITCHELL ENGLANDER, THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, AND LOOK AT KEVIN DELION AND HIS STUPID RHONDA BALL PROPOSAL CAME IN THIRD PLACE BECAUSE HE'S A LOSER.SO YOU FOLKS GET UP THE GUTTER.
MATTER OF FACT, MR. GREENSPAN HINTED A LITTLE BIT ON THIS REGARDING THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF CENTRAL DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER, 2019 GRAND JURY INDICTMENT, 18 USC, 1962, RACKETEERING INFLUENCE AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATION.
CONSPIRACY JOSE LOUIS, WEEZER, DEFENDANT VERSUS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
YOU IN A GUN, YOU OR HOWARD'S COULDN'T STOP ONE MAN, FOR HOW MANY MINUTES, WHILE HE GUNNED DOWN LAST ONE AND TWO ADULTS AND THE COWARDS AREN'T TRAINED THE COWARDS, HAVE THE WEAPONS TO DESTROY LIFE, NO LIBERTY, BUT DESTROY LIFE.
MS. LOPEZ, HOW WOULD I KNOW THAT I USED TO SAVE LIVES SIX YEARS AT COUNTY USC INTERNAL EIGHTH FLOOR, AND I WATCHED YOUR DEAD AIDS PATIENTS DIE BY THE HUNDREDS.
ALSO RETALIATION AND DISCRIMINATION FALLS UNDER REFERENCE NUMBER 0 5 2 4 2 2 8 0 0 2 41.
FOR THE RECORD, THE GUARD IS NOW INFORMED THAT HANDLERS OF SERVICE ANIMALS ARE NOT RICARD TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATIONS FURTHER SERVICE ANIMAL.
YOU'RE JUST SPITTING ON A ELDERLY PEOPLE, DISABLED PEOPLE AND OUR VETERANS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE THAT I AM YOUR KNOWLEDGE UNITED STATES VERSUS BAGDASARIAN I'LL READ INTO THE RECORD POLITELY UNITED STATES VS BAGDASARIAN TO SHOOT THE NIG LESS.
THIS COUNTRY BE FUCKED FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS BECAUSE NEVER IN THE HISTORY HAS A BLACK PERSON DONE ANYTHING.
RIGHT? WELL, HOMELAND SECURITY CRUSHING ME ABOUT THIS AT NOTHING WAS DONE.
WHY? BECAUSE OF PROTECTED SPEECH, FIRST AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION.
AND I BELIEVE IN IT, I BELIEVE IN IT NOT MIKE, TONY WOO TOOKS COUNSEL, PEOPLE TO CHINA AND DID SOME SHADY BUSINESS AND THEN ORDERED MR. LAPD JACKASS, GEORGE AND HIS FRIENDS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE WEST COVINA POLICE, BUT WHEN YOU WENT OUT IN THE PARKING LOT AND DESTROYED MY VEHICLE FOR $8,000 A DAMAGE, DON'T BE SO FUCKING THE FBI AT 3 10, 4 7, 7, 6, 5, 6, 5 ARE MONITORING YOUR BACK CORRUPTION AND BEHAVIORS.
ALL MY DOCUMENTS ARE FOR THE RECORD.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, BROSSA FOLLOWED BY ALBERTO CHOA FOLLOWED BY
IF YOU'D BE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA SINCE 1979.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH OF RODNEY AVENUE ANNOUNCED ANSON WAY MEMBERS WHO ATTEND OUR REGULAR MEETINGS, COUNTER 20 MEMBERS, 20 NEIGHBORS.
THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS TO ADDRESS THE FIRE DANGER IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ADJOINING HILLSIDES ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTHWEST.
SOUTHWEST IS AVENUE AND AROMA TO EMAR ROAD ON MAPS ATTACHED.
THE SUBJECT MATTER TODAY IS THE HILLSIDE IRRIGATION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.
THE ACTIONS THAT WE TOOK AS A GROUP ON SUNDAY, EXCUSE ME, THE ACTIONS WE HAVE TAKEN AS A GROUP ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 15TH, 2020 AT 9:00 AM.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MET TO DISCUSS WAYS TO ADDRESS THE FIRE DANGER CONCERNS AND OPTIONS.
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DISCUSS WITH OUR CITY REPRESENTATIVES REGARDING OUR IRRIGATION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR BROKEN SPRINKLERS HILLSIDES WITH DRY SHRUBS, TREES AND TRASH ALONG THE HILLSIDES.IN SEPTEMBER, 2020, EACH NEIGHBOR TOOK ON A TASK TO CONTACT OUR REPRESENTATIVES.
WE TALKED, CONTACTED THEM BY EMAIL TELEPHONE IN PERSON BY MAIL, MOST RESPONDED FAVORABLY SAYING THEY WOULD GET BACK TO US.
OTHERS WERE UNRESPONSIVE TO OUR CONCERNS.
WE CONTACTED THE WEST COVINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE, MAINTENANCE, DIVISION PARKS, AND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.
WE REACHED OUT TO HER PRESIDENT OF UPPER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, MUNICIPAL WATER DIVISION THREE.
WE CONTACTED THE MAYOR OF WEST COVINA.
WE REACHED OUT TO PUBLIC SUPERINTENDENT OF WEST COVINA.
WE CONTACTED THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION, SUBURBAN WATER SYSTEMS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
FIVE FAMILIES SEND PICTURES TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA APP, WW DOT WEST COVINA.ORG/DEPARTMENTS TO BRING ATTENTION TO OUR CONCERNS.
PICTURES ARE ATTACHED IN JULY, 2021.
ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS CONTACTED OUR MAYOR PRO TEMPT OF WEST COVINA WHO EMAILED HER BACK, THAT HE WOULD SEE WHAT HE COULD BE, WHAT COULD BE DONE TWO YEARS LATER.
AND NO ONE HAS ADDRESSED OUR CONCERNS.
I AM AT A LOSS TO UNDERSTAND WHY OUR REPRESENTATIVES HAVE OBVIOUSLY MADE NO EFFORT TO CONTACT US EXPEDITE RECOMMENDATIONS OR TO KEEP US INFORMED OF THE SITUATION.
TWO YEARS TO DATE CONDITIONS HAVE WORSENED.
THE RISK OF A FIRE THAT MAY DESTROY OUR HOMES AND OUR HILLSIDES WOULD BE DEVASTATING.
WE HAVE MANY, WE HAVE HAD MANY CALLS CALLS, BUT THANKS TO THE QUICK RESPONSE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN FIRES FROM BURNING OUR HOMES, PICTURES ATTACHED.
I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE MAKE A MOTION TO SEND THE CITY SURVEYORS TO INVESTIGATE THE CONDITIONS OF THE HILLSIDES.
AND AT THE VERY LEAST MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW THE CITY'S BUDGET, TO REPAIR THE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AND START A WATERING SCHEDULING ACCORDING TO OUR STATE REGULATIONS.
IF YOU FIND THAT OUR CONCERNS AREN'T WARRANTED, WE WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
WHEN WOULD WE BE EXPECT A RESPONSE RESPECTFULLY LAURA BARRAZA RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
THANK YOU, ALBERT OCHOA FOLLOWED BY
SO IF I HAVE TO WAIT, LET ME KNOW.
I KNOW I WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR FOR TRAFFIC, UH, ITEM NUMBER 18.
UH, CAN I SPEAK NOW OR DO I HAVE, YOU'RE FINE.
SO AGAIN, I'M HERE IN FAVOR OF THE COMMITTEE HAS MADE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO RESTORE THE HELP OF SAFE MOTORS DRIVING AGAIN.
UH, IT LOOKED LIKE WE'RE ON PHASE ONE.
UH, WE NEED A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO OUR SAFETY AGENDA ISSUE.
SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT CORNER TURN GETS ADDRESSED BECAUSE IT IS DANGEROUS AGAIN.
ON MARCH 26, WE HAD AN ACCIDENT 2022 AT MY RESIDENCE AND LESS THAN TWO MONTHS, ANOTHER VEHICLE ENDED UP ON MY PROPERTY.
IT DIDN'T HIT NOTHING, BUT, UH, THAT'S HOW DANGEROUS IT IS.
SO I JUST WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR.
I SAW ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAD A GOOD MEETING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A RESTORED SAFE DRIVING AGAIN.
I'M SHARON
ISN'T I'M HERE TODAY AS FIRST OF ALL.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, DOING THE PROCLAMATION FOR GUN AWARENESS DAY SAFETY AWARENESS, AWARENESS DAY, REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS SOCIETY AND DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND REALLY WOULD URGE YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER WHAT FRIENDS WAS SAID EARLIER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AN ORDINANCE, UM, THAT WOULD SUPPORT SAFE STORAGE OF GUNS IN PEOPLE'S HOMES.
UM, THE OTHER REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE I KNOW THE CITY IS COMING INTO A LOT OF MONEY FROM THE FEDS, FROM THE STATE, UM, TO TALK
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ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN, IN THIS AREA AND TO BRIDGE THE GAP, I GUESS THE INTERNET GAP, UM, THE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE INTERNET ACCESS AND TO BRIDGE THAT GAP.SO I'M WONDERING ABOUT WHETHER THE COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER HAS THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, UM, LOOKED INTO FIBER OPTICS BECAUSE FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY GOOD, UH, POSSIBILITY FOR OUR CITY, UM, TO DO THAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND USING THAT MONEY TO SUPPORT THAT.
SO THAT BASICALLY IN THE LONG-TERM, UH, WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE BENEFITING FROM THAT, UM, UH, THE TOOL THAT THEY HAVE.
SO I WOULD REALLY, I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S BEEN A CONSIDERATION AT ALL IN THE CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, BILL ELLIOTT FOLLOWED BY J D GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS BILL ELLIOTT DURING THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
IT'S ABOUT TO BUY OVER HERE OTHER THAN MY NAME ON FACEBOOK AND IN THE MEETING IN THE SAME BREATH IS WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND MASS SHOOTER DURING HIS TWO MINUTE SPEECH ABOUT THE BUFFALO TRAGEDY ABOUT THEM.
I SAID, I'M AN INFLUENTIAL PERSON FOR ONCE.
HE'S RIGHT FOR OVER 10 YEARS, I'VE SUCCESSFULLY BEEN A LEADER ON MANY ISSUES IN THIS CITY, BUT HE COMPLAINS ABOUT PERCEIVED, SWAY AND ACCESS TO POWER AND CAST DISPERSIONS ON THE MAYOR PRO TEM, BECAUSE SHE'S MY WIFE.
THE FACT IS I HAVE NO MORE ACCESS TO POWER THAN MR. TABATA BY HIS WIFE.
SHE IS VERY SLIPPERY, FULL OF NUANCE AND YOU WINDOW TABATA BY KEEP MY NAME OUT.
JOE MOTHER, FATHER MOUTH IMPLYING, NOT A WHITE SUPREMACIST MASS SHOOTER IN LYING IN WAIT IS OUTRAGEOUS.
THIS SEEMING RACIST KNOWS THAT THE FOUR RECENT CONSECUTIVE MASS SHOOTINGS, THE GUNMAN'S RACE WAS BLACK, WHITE, ASIAN, AND LATINO, BUT HE CONVENIENTLY FORGOT TO INCLUDE THAT CONSTANT SEEDS OF DIVISION ARE SEWN TOGETHER THROUGH HIS RATE, THROUGH THIS RACE, HUSTLERS, CONFLATION OF TERMS AND DOG WHISTLES.
IF YOU DISAGREE WITH HIM, HE PREDICTABLY RANS YOU A RACIST REGARDING UVALDE.
I'M SHOCKED BY THE DISGRACEFUL INACTION BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND I'M REMINDED THE COWARD OF THE COWARDLY, FLORIDA.
DEPUTY WHO WAITED OUTSIDE WHILE INSIDE INNOCENT CHILDREN WERE BEING MURDERED.
THE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES IN TEXAS WAS ASTOUNDING TO ME.
I'M IN DISBELIEF OVER THE 19 SWORN POLICE OFFICERS THAT WAITED OUTSIDE WHILE INSIDE 19 INNOCENT CHILDREN WERE BEING MURDERED.
NOT SINCE WACO AND RUBY RIDGE, HAS THERE BEEN SUCH A DISGRACEFUL AND INEXCUSABLE ACT OF UTTER INCOMPETENCE AND COWARDICE BY THE POLICE? IF THE UNBELIEVABLE, WE NEED TO ACT SWIFTLY TO HARDEN EVERY SCHOOL CAMPUS WITHOUT DELAY, NOT WITH A SECURITY GUARD OR AN OFF DUTY COP, OR EVEN A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER OR WITH A FULL-TIME DEDICATED POLICE OFFICER AND A MAP ON A MARKED POLICE CAR AT EVERY SCHOOL, WHENEVER STUDENTS ARE PRESENT LIKE ISRAEL, DOES WE PROTECT SO MANY IMPORTANT PEOPLE WITH GUNS? WHY NOT OUR CHILDREN? THE MONEY IS THERE ARE YOU LISTENING BOARD OF EDUCATION? TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
THIS UNSPEAKABLE TRAGEDY IS FURTHER EVIDENCE AS TO WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE WEST COVINA, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL ESTABLISHED AS A WEST COVINA POLICE COMMISSION FORTHWITH, AND WITHOUT DELAY, DON'T WAIT FOR THE CRISIS ACT.
NOW JOSH SAYS WE HAVE THE NEED FOR A PLANNING COMMISSION TO PROVIDE A FORWARD LOOK AHEAD.
THERE'S ALSO A VERY REAL NEED TO CREATE A POLICE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE CRITICAL OVERSIGHT AND PERFORMANCE REVIEW BURBANK'S POPULATION IS VERY SIMILAR TO OURS AND THEIR POLICE COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED OVER 20 YEARS AGO.
IF THE POLICE HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE, THEN THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, RIGHT? ISN'T THAT WHAT THEY TELL US TABATA BY SAYS VIOLENT CRIMINAL SHOULD NEVER BE JUDGED HARSHLY FOR CRIMES COMMITTED ON THE WORST DAY OF THEIR LIFE.
NO LONG PRISON SENTENCE, NO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE, NO DEATH PENALTY EVER.
HIS SOLUTION IS TO TAKE AWAY GUNS FROM LAW, ABIDING CITIZENS WHO DIDN'T HURT ANYONE.
PLEASE COME JOIN US ON FACEBOOK OR WEST COVINA CONCEALED CARRY SUPPORT, CONCEALED CARRY BY LAW ABIDING CITIZENS.
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THE POLICE ARE NOT COMING TO SAVE YOU PEOPLE.YOU ARE YOUR FAMILIES OWN FIRST RESPONDER WHEN ONLY SECONDS COUNT, THE POLICE ARE ONLY MINUTES AWAY ARE THE GOOD PEOPLE OF THE FIRST DISTRICT LISTENING.
BRIAN, OVER HERE ONLY WON BY 286 VOTES OR YOU PEOPLE PAYING ATTENTION.
HELLO IS THIS THING ON J D FOLLOWED BY OUR ROBINSON GOOD EVENING, UH, JEFFERSON DURU LONG-TIME RESIDENT FROM WEST COVINA.
UM, I'M NOT UP HERE TO TELL YOU HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE HOMELESS PROBLEM, BUT MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THERE IS ONE AND IT'S GROWING EXPONENTIALLY AT CAMERON PARK, I THINK HAS BEEN REPORTED NUMEROUS TIMES BOTH BY THE SENIOR SOFTBALL LEAGUE RESIDENTS AND PATRONS THAT VISIT THE PARK.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING ONE HOMELESS POP-UP FROM THE, WHAT APPEARS TO BE LIKE A TRUCK BED, WHICH IS PART OF THE CHILDREN'S JU UH, PLAYGROUND GYMNASIUM.
IT WAS ABOUT FIVE 30 IN THE MORNING.
ANOTHER ONE WAS RELIEVING HIMSELF BEHIND ONE OF THE TRAILERS.
AND A THIRD ONE WAS SLEEPING ON THE TABLE OF THE PAVILION, CLOSE TO THE, UH, TRASH BIN AROUND THAT LAST ONE WERE ROWS OF BOTTLES OF BEER.
NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE AT THE PARK AND I THAT'S THEIR RIGHT.
BUT I KNOW I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO DRINK AT THE PARK.
I WOULD GET A CITATION IF I SAT OVER THERE AND I OPENED UP SOME BEERS, A BOTTLE AND ENJOYED MYSELF.
SO I WONDER WHY THEY'RE BEING ALLOWED TO PARTAKE.
WHY ISN'T THE POLICE ROLLING IN THERE WHEN THEY'RE THERE DAILY? AND IN FACT, THIS LAST FRIDAY, THERE WAS A VERY LARGE TRAILER, A MOBILE HOME PARK, ADJACENT TO THE SOFTBALL FIELD.
AND THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE SLEEPING IN THERE WHILE WE WERE OUT THERE PLAYING SOFTBALL.
THERE WERE IN THERE, I GUESS, GETTING A NAP, TAKING A NAP, BUT LIVING BASICALLY FROM A TRAILER PARKED ON THE STREET.
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MAY NOT BE LEGAL, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE HOMELESS INCONTINENT PROBLEM.
THAT'S GROWING AT CAMERON PARK.
I THINK RELATED TO THAT IS THE NUMBER OF GRAFFITI'S THAT ARE TODAY.
THIS MOMENT CAN BE SEEN ALONG LARC ALLEN ON NUMEROUS WALLS.
ONE ON ONE OF THE HOMES THAT YOU ARE OWNER OF MR. COSTA JOHNNO, OR IT MAY STILL BE, UM, I ALSO SAW AT THE PARK A MICROWAVE THAT MY NEIGHBOR HAD PUT OUT ON FRIDAY AMONG THOSE BEERS AND BAGS OF CLOTHING.
AND WHAT HAVE YOU UNDERNEATH THE PAVILION? I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU A PICTURE OF THE PROBLEM THAT'S DEVELOPING AT CAMERON PARK.
THIS IS A PARK WHERE KIDS ROUTINELY GO AND PLAY AT THAT GYMNASIUM AT THAT JUNGLE GYM, UNAWARE THAT THE JUST MINUTES BEFORE THEIR ARRIVAL, SOMEBODY WAS IN THERE SLEEPING AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY'RE DOING, I HAVE A PICTURE OF THE BOW OF THE BOTTLES AND WHATEVER, IF YOU NEED TO SEE THEM, BUT MORE ATTENTION NEEDS TO BE PLACED ON THAT PARK.
THEY RAN THEM OUT OF WALMART SHADOW.
UH, LA HAS HELPED US BY SENDING THEM OUT THIS WAY, BUT YOU CAN'T IGNORE CAMERON PARK.
IT'S ADJACENT TO A HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S ADJACENT TO AN ELEMENTARY AS WELL.
THAT IS A PARK WHERE KIDS VISIT MOTHERS AND FATHERS.
PLEASE DIRECT YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT AREA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING.
UH, SO ON ELECTION DAY, CALIFORNIA'S, UH, EMERGENCY CONTINUES, UH, THE HEALTH RISKS AND BENEFITS OF BEING INOCULATED WITH THE COVID MESSENGER RNA EXPERIMENTAL GENE THERAPY CURRENTLY EXISTING UNDER FEDERAL EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION CONTINUES, JAB DELIVERED NANOPARTICLES, UH, DELIVERY ENVELOPES PASS THROUGH ALL OF OUR BODY'S MEMBRANES, INCLUDING THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER, POTENTIALLY SPREADING A SPIKE PROTEIN DAMAGE EVERYWHERE, UH, INCLUDING, UH,
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CHRONIC FATIGUE AND A HOST OF HEALTH PROBLEMS. SO WHERE'S ALL THE, THE INFORMED CONSENT IT'S NOT BEING GIVEN THE NEXT, UM, MONEY POX SCAM IS ON ITS WAY.UH, SOME CALL IT MONKEY, BUT THERE ARE NO MONKEYS EXCEPT IN ZOOS.
I CALL IT, I CALL IT MONEY POCS.
SO THE, THE BODY OF EVIDENCE PRODUCED BY NI NAOMI WOLF AND OTHERS ABOUT WHY THE VACCINE IS NOT SAFE AND EFFECTIVE IS GROWING DAILY AGAINST THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY.
EVENTUALLY MEDICAL DOCTORS ARE GOING TO STOP BEING WILLING.
SHILLS OF THE INDUSTRY, MEDICAL DOCTORS ARE TRAINED LIKE MONKEYS TO WRITE PRESCRIPTIONS AND PRODUCE INDUSTRY PROFITS.
MDS WILL EVENTUALLY BE REPLACED BY N DS, NATURAL PATHIC DOCTORS AND OTHERS THAT PRODUCE BETTER HEALTH AND LESS PROFIT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO WAKE UP FROM MASS HYPNOSIS.
THERE'S AN OBVIOUS TREND AMONG, UH, GAINING STEAM BECAUSE MANY PREGNANT WOMEN ARE GETTING THE VAX, WHICH IS UNSAFE FOR THEM BECAUSE IT MAY COMPROMISE THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM.
MOREOVER, A BABY DIE OFF IS IN, IS OCCURRING OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN ONTARIO, CANADA, 86, NEWBORNS, UH, DIED.
SCOTLAND HAS EXPERIENCED TWICE THE NORMAL NEONATAL DEATHS AND ISRAEL, A 34% INCREASE COMPARED TO UNJAMMED MOTHERS.
UH, THIS IS A WRONGFUL DEATH, UH, CAUSED BY INDUSTRY CONSPIRACY AND, AND, UH, KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT FULL KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR PROFIT, UH, AND, UH, WITH NO INFORMED CONSENT IN VIOLATION OF THE NUREMBERG STANDARDS.
WE DON'T HAVE HEALTH AND SAFETY AGENCIES HERE.
UH, THE CDC AND FDA ARE WORSE THAN USELESS AS PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTORS.
UH, SAN LEANDRO DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC MEDICINE WAS ON THE BALLOT TODAY.
HIS CANDIDATE STATE STATEMENT SAYS, QUOTE, THE POISONOUS VAX VACCINES DON'T WORK, STOP INFECTION OR TRANSMISSION OVER 1 MILLION VERRES INJURIES.
HIS WEBSITE, UH, DOCUMENTS, EVIDENCE OF, UH, IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM DEBILITATION.
THE PUBLIC ARE GUINEA PIGS MASTER USELESS, A USELESS JOKE AGAINST THE VIRUS VACCINE CHILDREN AS A CRIME COVID IS A BIO WEAPON, OH, JUST WARFARE AGAINST HUMANITY, VACCINES KILL YOU, SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION.
AND YOUR GOD CREATED IMMUNE SYSTEM IS COMPROMISED.
BUILD YOUR IMMUNITY BY NATURAL METHODS, UNQUOTE, ACCORDINGLY THE WEBSITE, UH, I REFERRED TO EXISTS BECAUSE, UH, UH, IT SPRINGS FROM THE FACT THAT THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF SPEECH RIGHTS IN OUR NATION ARE GONE, UH, REINFORCED BY THE RECENT THEFT OF A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A BANANA REPUBLIC CONTROLLED BY CORPORATE FASCISM, UH, BLACKROCK VANGUARD AND THE MEDICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
THE UNFORTUNATE RESULT OF THIS VACCINE INDUCED PATHOLOGY IS, IS NOT SIMPLY VAST NUMBERS OF RELATIVELY IMMEDIATE POST VACCINE DEATHS.
UH, I CAN CITE HANK, AARON AND MARVIN HAGLER, BUT FAR MORE SERIOUSLY, A LONGTERM IMMUNE SYSTEM COLLAPSED RESULTING IN AUTO-IMMUNE DISEASES, WHICH WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED HEALTH DETERIORATION AND ULTIMATELY EARLY DEATH OF THE AFFLIC AFFLICTED BY A WARFARE TARGET US ONE OF MANY UNFORTUNATE EXAMPLES OF THE VERY BEGINNINGS OF SUCH LONG-TERM DEBILITATIONS INCLUDE INFLAMMATORY HEART CONDITIONS AND YOUNG MALES PATHOLOGIES, WHICH WILL CONTINUE AND INCREASINGLY AFFLICT THE TARGETS.
AND WE PATIENTS SAYS AS TIME PROGRESSES, I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKER CARDS, MAYOR, THANK YOU.
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER, LIKE TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, REGARDING THE ANTS IN WAY, UH, SPEAKER AND I WILL WANT CITY STAFF TO RESPOND TO THIS AS WELL.
I DID RESPOND AND REACH OUT AND EXPLAIN THE TH THE, THE ISSUES WE SEE THERE ARE REAL, I AGREE WITH, UH, THIS IS NOT A
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FUNDING THAT COMES FROM THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.THIS COMES FROM THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS.
SO I WILL, UM, ALLOW CITY STAFF TO EXPAND ON THAT.
AND REGARDING THE HOMELESS DRINKING CONCERN AT CAMERON PARK, UM, WE'LL ASK OUR PD TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AND SEE WHAT, WHAT ADDITIONAL MEASURES COULD BE TAKEN.
SO CITY MANAGER, UM, FOR YOUR, UH, RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMON CONCERNS, PLEASE, AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOUR CITY MANAGERS REPORT, UM, THANK HUMIRA AND GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
I'LL DO MY BEST TO RESPOND TO EACH OF THESE SPEAKERS.
ALTHOUGH NONE OF THEM, A NUMBER OF THEM WERE HERE TONIGHT JUST TO EXPRESS OPINION.
I DON'T THINK NECESSARILY REQUIRED FOLLOW UP ON OUR PART, BUT I WANTED TO RESPOND AS I COULD, UM, REGARDING, UM, IN ORDER, MR. GREENSPAN'S, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT LOW VOTER TURNOUT.
UM, I AGREE, WE DID SUFFER SOME LONG LINES AT ONE OF OUR FACILITIES TODAY.
WE MADE THEM ALL AVAILABLE TO, UM, UM, THE COUNTY FOR THE, FOR THE VOTE TODAY.
WE HAD WEIGHTS AS LONG AS 15 MINUTES AT CAMERON PARK, AND THE NEXT TIME WE STAND UP VOTING CENTERS WILL OFFER MORE BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE VOTER TURN OUT AS WE CAN.
UM, MR. HERMAN, UM, TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF ISSUES, INCLUDING, UM, MADE REFERENCE TO OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS.
IT'S A PRIORITY FOR OUR CITY, WITH OUR HOPE TEAM AND, UH, WITH THE GOOD STAFF FROM LACADA.
I THINK WE'RE MAKING GOOD INROAD, AND I KNOW WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO.
UM, MS. BARAZA, LAURA, UM, YOU GAVE YOUR NUMBER TO OUR CITY CLERK.
I'M GOING TO CALL YOU IN THE MORNING AND FOLLOW UP ABOUT THOSE CONCERNS AND COME SEE YOU.
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GET THERE TOMORROW.
IT MIGHT BE LATE AFTERNOON, BUT I'LL CALL AND SCHEDULE A TIME TO PERSONALLY GET OUT THAT I CAN SEE IT THROUGH YOUR EYES.
I WANT TO TAKE SERIOUSLY THESE THINGS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER.
UM, UM, SHARJAH TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CITY PURSUING ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNNY THAT, UH, MONIES FUNDINGS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR, UM, COMPUTER INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE CITY'S USE OF THE RECOVERY ACT FUNDS WAS DISCUSSED IN THESE CHAMBERS.
A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE COUNCIL SET THOSE PRIORITIES AS PART OF A BUDGET.
I WANT HER TO KNOW, AND I WANT THE COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW UP ON ALL THESE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE BEYOND THOSE DIRECTS INVENTIONS THAT CAME ONLY TO THE MUNICIPALITY, FOR EXAMPLE, THEIR TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, OR WORKING WITH THE CONGRESSMAN'S OFFICE ON, UM, REPEATEDLY.
I THINK WE'VE GOT A GOOD CHANCE AT THAT.
IF THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AFFORDS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR, FOR COMPUTERS AND INTERNET ACCESS, WE'LL PURSUE THAT AS WELL.
WE'VE BEEN WRITING A NUMBER OF GRANTS AND WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN QUITE A FEW OF THOSE, BUT WE'LL KEEP THAT ON THE RADAR.
UM, MR. ELLIOTT RAISED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION REGARDING GUN VIOLENCE AND APPROPRIATE POLICE RESPONSE.
I WANT TO ASSURE HIM AND EVERYONE AT THE CHIEF AND I HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR RESPONSE AND OUR APPROACH TO THOSE SITUATIONS AS A, AS A COMMUNITY AND AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE CHIEF IS REALLY DOING A FINE JOB AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND STEP IT UP.
UM, WE'VE HAD, UM, STRONG PRESENCE ON THE CAMPUSES NOW THAT SCHOOL'S LETTING OUT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GET A BREAK FOR THE SUMMER, BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S A SERIOUS ISSUE AND WE'RE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.
UM, J D SPOKE ABOUT THE HOMELESS AND OTHER PROBLEMS AT, UM, CAMERON PARK.
I WAS IN THAT PARK ON FRIDAY, UM, BUT THESE THINGS CROP UP OVERNIGHT AND DO, AND SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THOSE.
AND THEN MR. ROBINSON TALKED TO US AGAIN, HIS OPINIONS ABOUT COVID.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE A RESPONSE ON THAT ONE.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM.
I THINK THAT COVERS EVERYTHING.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
AND NOW FOR YOUR REPORT, UM, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, I DO HAVE A VERY BRIEF, UM, MANAGER'S REPORT TONIGHT.UM, FIRST I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE'S A PAPER SHREDDING EVENT AT CORTEZ PARK ON SATURDAY, JUNE THE 18TH, MARK YOUR CALENDAR.
THOSE ARE USUALLY PRETTY POPULAR AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
UM, LOTS OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT THE SPORTSPLEX.
LOTS OF GOOD THINGS ARE ON THE HORIZON.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A FEW OF THE UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON.
UH, WE'VE GOT A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT, JUNE 18TH AND 19TH.
WE'VE GOT AN ESPN TOURNAMENT OF WHICH IS FOR THAT ENTITY TO HAVE ON JULY THE 15TH.
UH, EMPLOYEES AT HOME DEPOT HAVE SCHEDULED THE TOURNAMENT AS HAVE THE MEMBERS OF OUR OWN FIRE AND OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE VICINITY AS A ATTRIBUTE ON NINE 11, WE'VE GOT A STAFF PERSON, STEVE ZARA, GOSA WHO'S UM, ON THE JOB THERE AND ANXIOUS TO TAKE OTHER RESERVATIONS IF PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE THEM.
THEY'RE WELCOME TO DO SO FOR WEEKDAY
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RESERVATIONS OR FOR MONDAY TO FRIDAY PRACTICES.IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT FACILITY COMING BACK TO LIFE.
UM, WE'VE GOT, UM, AN ADULT SOFTBALL LEAGUE THAT'S IN THE WORKS.
IT STARTS, UM, UM, ON THE 22ND, THE LEAGUE FEE IS $400.
IT'S A, A SUNDAY SLOW-PITCH AND AGAIN, PEOPLE CAN CONTACT, UM, STEVE, SARAH GOSA AT THE FACILITY BY EMAIL OR BY, BY CALLING HIM, WE HOPE TO FILL UP THE TEAM ROSTERS, UM, WANTED TO MENTION AGAIN ABOUT OUR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES.
THESE ARE ON WEDNESDAYS AND WE'VE GOT A MIX OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF GENRES.
AND I HOPE, UM, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.
LIVE MUSIC I THINK IS, IS A GREAT FORM OF RECREATION.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME OUT OF.
THOSE ARE VERY PLEASANT EVENINGS, UH, WEDNESDAY NIGHTS AT THE CIVIC CENTER.
UM, WE'RE PLANNING A 4TH OF JULY HEROES PARADE AND STREET FAIR.
WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE, UM, A LOT OF FUN AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE A PART OF IT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PARADE AT 10:00 AM.
UM, WE'VE GOT, UM, DJ PHIL COMING.
WE'VE GOT, UM, A NUMBER OF MUSICAL GROUPS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING.
IT'LL BE IN THE OLD TOWN CENTER, UM, SOUTH GLENDORA AVENUE AT WALNUT PARKWAY.
AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO CONTACT JOHN KARA PO THERE'S NO PARADE ENTRY FEE.
NO, NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW PEOPLE ARE COMING.
THE KICKOFF FOR THAT IS 10:00 AM ON JULY THE FOURTH.
WE'VE GOT SOME ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS COMING, UM, A WAY TO HELP, UH, BEAT THE HEAT OF FIVE WORK SERIES.
THEY'RE CALLING IT, UM, WATER ACTIVITIES, GAMES, SOME ARE FUN OR TARGETING AGES SIX THROUGH 12 WE'RE IN REMINDING PEOPLE THAT REMEMBER THEIR SUNBLOCK AND BRING CLOTHES.
THEY CAN GET WET IN AND TO BRING A WATER BOTTLE.
SO EVERY FRIDAY IN JULY, 1130 TO TWO 30, AND WE'VE GOT A LIST OF ALL THE PARKS.
SOME ARE YOUTH BASKETBALL IS COMING AS A SUNDAY ADULT REC BASKETBALL LEAGUE, AND WE'VE GOT A SERIES OF SUMMER SPORTS CLASSES THAT ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.
UM, A DUGOUT COOKOUT HAS BEEN PLANNED SEPTEMBER THE 11TH.
THIS IS OUR FIREFIGHTER EVENT THAT I MENTIONED.
UM, THEY'RE GOING TO START, UM, AT THE SPORTS PLEX WITH THE GATES OPEN FOR A PANCAKE BREAKFAST WITH THE EXPLORER, POST BEING A PART OF IT AND THINGS WILL GO ON THROUGH THE DAY.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME AND, UM, CONTRIBUTE TO THAT AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR APP.
UM, WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNINSTALL THE OLD GO APP AND DOWNLOAD THE NEW ONE, WHICH THEY CAN USE TO REPORT ALL KINDS OF ISSUES.
WE FIND THIS TO BE A VERY EFFECTIVE TOOL.
IF PEOPLE WILL USE IT, IT'S GOT A GPS LOCATOR, YOU CAN ATTACH A PICTURE AND YOU'LL GET A RESPONSE WITH THE DISPOSITION AS TO HOW THE ISSUE HAS BEEN CLEARED AND RESOLVED.
AND WE REALLY WOULD HOPE PEOPLE WOULD DO IT.
UM, THE OTHER SYSTEM OF STUFF, SOMEBODY CALLING SOMEBODY, THEY HAVE TO FIND OUT IF IT'S AT THE CORNER OF WALKING, DON'T WALK AND TRY AND GET AN ADDRESS AND THEN GO LOOK AT IT.
IT'S A LOT MORE RECESS IS RESOURCES THAT COULD BE USED TO TRY AND SOLVE THE PROBLEMS. SO WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DOWNLOAD THE NEW APP AND TO REPORT ISSUES AS THEY SEE THEM.
UM, I WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK BRIAN GUITARIST.
HE SAW A PROBLEM AND AS A WORK PARTY SOLVED IT, HE DID SOME LIGHTING UPGRADES HERE AT THE CITY HALL AND, UM, DID IT, UM, QUIETLY, BUT I WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK HIM FOR IT.
IT WAS, UM, NOTED AND MUCH APPRECIATED THE PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP FOR WORK PARTIES.
UM, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND I APPRECIATE YOU.
UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR OWN PUBLIC WORKS CREW TENDING TO A LOT OF SIDEWALKS.
I MENTIONED COUNCIL WERE SPANKED PAYING A SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE PERMANENT REMOVE AND REPLACEMENT PANELS IN ZONE ONE, WHICH IS THE AREA AROUND EMINENT HOSPITAL.
AND THEN AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
IT'S A LOT OF FUN OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
WE'RE SPENDING NORTH OF $90 MILLION AND THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS ON THAT LIST AND IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO BE DELIVERING THEM.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A STATUS UPDATES ABOUT A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THE WORK.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
ANY QUESTIONS OR A CITY MANAGER SEEING NONE, THEN WE'LL
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.THERE'S 14 ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT CALENDAR TODAY.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PULL ANY OF THEM? MAYOR PRO TEM AIR PRO TEM WOULD LIKE TO PULL EIGHT.
COUNCIL, WOMAN LOPEZ, BEATA WOULD LIKE TO PULL 11, SO THAT'S EIGHT AND 11.
ANYTHING ELSE SEEING NONE THEN DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? NUMBER ONE THROUGH 14 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EIGHT AND 11, I MOVE TO APPROVE.
WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
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HAVE TWO ORDINANCE TITLES.I NEED TO READ INTO THE RECORD PRIOR TO THE ROLL CALL.
THE FIRST IS ITEM NUMBER TWO, CONSIDERATION OF SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 4 9 9 ZONE CHANGE NUMBER 21 DASH ZERO TWO.
ADOPTING THE GROVE AT MARCET SPECIFIC PLAN ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 9 4 4, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING ZONE CHANGE NUMBER 21 DASH ZERO TWO AND ADOPTING THE GROVE AT MARCET SPECIFIC PLAN S P 32 AT 1912 WEST MARCET AVENUE.
OUR SECOND ORDINANCE IS NUMBER 13 AND IT IS CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING NEW PURCHASING PROCEDURES, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 4 9 8, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA REPEALING AND REPLACING DIVISION ONE GENERALLY AND DIVISION TWO PURCHASING SYSTEM AND AMENDING DIVISION THREE CONTRACTING FOR PUBLIC PROJECTS OF ARTICLE SEVEN PURCHASES AND SALES OF CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN, UH, BY MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN LOPEZ V AUTO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AND ITEM NUMBER 11, COUNCIL MEMBER TBA, COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ V AUTO.
I MAYOR CASTELLANO'S MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
[8) CONSIDERATION OF TRAFFIC COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MEETINGS BETWEEN NOVEMBER 2021 AND MAY 2022]
US TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF TRAFFIC COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MEETINGS BETWEEN NOVEMBER, 2021 AND MAY, 2022 MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ.UM, THE REASON WHY I PULLED IT IS BECAUSE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW HAPPY I AM TO SEE THIS.
I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY CHANGES AND SO MANY UPGRADES TO OUR CITY THAT I THINK ARE GOING TO BE FANTASTIC AND THEY'RE GOING TO, UM, HELP OUT OUR CITY AND IT'S GOING TO BE A SAFER PLACE TO DRIVE AROUND IN.
BUT I WANT IT, I WANT TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ITEM 18 ITEM 18.
UM, I'M JUST HAPPY THAT, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS HERE.
UH, EVEN THOUGH I WANT TO APPROVE IT, UM, I STILL FEEL THAT WE SHOULD ADD SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THIS MAY BE A PHASE ONE, BUT, UM, I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING AND I'M SURE MR. OCHOA AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THAT AREA ARE HAPPY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AS WELL.
AND UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO, UH, MAYBE HAVE THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE OR TRAFFIC STAFF CONSIDER IS POSSIBLY, UH, A SIGN THAT SAYS SLOW DOWN, FLASHING SOMEWHERE JUST BEFORE THAT LONG STRETCH, BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE PEOPLE THAT START DRIVING EAST FROM LARK YELLEN, THEY MAKE THE CURB AND IT'S NICE AND SLOW, BUT ONCE THEY GET TO THAT LONG STRETCH, IT'S PEDAL TO THE METAL.
AND SO I WANT SOMETHING THAT WILL WARN THEM.
THERE'S A CURB AHEAD AND PLEASE SLOW DOWN.
AND IF IT HAS LIGHTING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I MEAN, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND I'M HOPING THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT THERE, WHAT ARE THOSE LINEARS OR ARE THEY CALLED DELINEATORS THE LIN DELINEATORS.
UM, BUT I, I I'M HO I HOPE THAT WORKS.
I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR GETTING THAT MEDIA, THE MEDIANS IN THERE, BUT, UM, I'M HOPING THAT THAT WORKS AND I GUESS WE'LL SEE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I, I WANNA MOVE TO APPROVE IT.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN WILL.
I WILL SECOND TO APPROVE ALL THIS DRAGON AND I'M GOING TO FOLLOW WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
I THINK THIS IS WHAT IS A PROBLEM IS OKAY.
WHEN PEOPLE CAN GO THROUGH A LOCK ISLAND OR THEY MAKE A LEVEL, MAKE A RYE, OKAY.
OR THEY PASS THROUGH IT WITH GREEN LIGHT AND THEY MAKE A TURN, OKAY, WELL IT CHANGE KIND OF BLIND, BUT THEN YOU GO STRAIGHT AND THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW AT THE END QUICKLY IS GOING TO HAVE A KIND OF A SHARP RIGHT TURN.
SO MAYBE I'LL AGREE WITH YOU AT THE, AT THE TERM, MAYBE.
AND WE PUT ASIDE WITH SOLO, THERE'S A SLOW SHUT, RIGHT? 10 APPROACH.
LET YOU BETTER TO SLOW THE OTHER WAY.
SO THE ONLY KEY TAKE HOME, I THINK THAT IS TO BE OTHERWISE, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.
AND THEY BASICALLY GO THROUGH IT.
AND THIS IS A SHOW COCK FOR HERE TO AZUSA FREEWAY SO POSSIBLE.
AND EVERYBODY USING THAT, THAT LAND.
AND I THINK THAT CREATE A POTENTIAL TRAFFIC ISSUE.
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LET PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THE OKAY AND LUCK.ELLEN, HOW DO YOU THINK HE'S THINKING IT'S POSSIBLE.
AND THE UK KIND OF APPROVAL, AND THAT THING CAN BE, DO A SOLO ONE.
SO PEOPLE CAN GO TO A NIGHTTIME, THEY SEE THEM SLOW.
SO I THINK NICK WILL SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC.
UM, WE KIND OF PREPARED A LITTLE EXHIBIT OF WHAT WE ARE APPROVING, OR YOU ARE APPROVING WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
AND AT THE END I HAVE A SIGN THAT HAS THE CURVE AND IT SAYS 500 FEET.
WE COULD PUT A FLASHING BEACON ON THAT.
SO IT'D BE LIKE 500 FEET IN ADVANCE.
SO DO WE WANT TO, UH, SHOW WHAT OUR EXHIBIT IS THROUGH THE CHAIR MIRROR, WE'RE HAPPY TO MAKE THIS REPORT AND I TAKE IT THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN US DOING.
AND WHILE THEY'RE PUTTING THAT UP, MAY I TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE OUR DIRECTOR OF OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TRACK? WE KNOW HER VERY WELL AND RODS, WHICH ARE PUBLIC FROM EMAILS.
SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS KNOW HER VERY WELL.
I KNOW MR. OCHOA HAS BEEN VERY VIGILANT.
AND WE HAD A GREAT, UM, COMMUNITY MEETING MAY 11TH.
WE FIRST STUDIED THIS IN JANUARY.
WE REALIZED THERE WAS AN ISSUE.
UM, OUR RESIDENTS, UM, HAD BEEN COMING, BUT IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME TO DO ALL THE STUDIES SO THAT WE'RE IN LINE WITH CVC AND THE MUT CD.
SO JANUARY WE PRESENTED OUR FIRST, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE FIRST, THIS IS WHAT'S EXISTING RIGHT THERE RIGHT NOW.
SO AT OUR JANUARY MEETING, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, HERE IS WHAT WE RECOMMENDED IN OUR JANUARY MEETING, UPDATED CHEVRONS AT JAMES.
WE WOULD HAVE THE SOLAR FLASHING STOP SIGNS AND UPDATED, UM, RPMS ALONG THE YELLOW CENTER LINE.
NOW, AFTER OUR PUBLIC MEETING, WE HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION.
WE HAD ABOUT 10 OR 12 RESIDENTS, UM, WHO CAME TO THE COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, EACH VOICE OR CONCERN.
AND WE HAD THE CITY ENGINEER, WE HAD THE POLICE, WE HAD TRAFFIC, ALL REPRESENTATIVE AS WELL AS SOME, A CITY STAFF.
SO WE WANTED TO JUST SHOW THAT WE LISTENED.
AND THIS IS KIND OF LIKE PHASE ONE, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE THINGS WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW.
NOW, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HARDSCAPE POTENTIALLY MEDIANS OR OTHER STUFF, WE HAVE TO DO MORE ENGINEERING STUDIES, TOO.
YOU GOT OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE GO WITH RIGHT NOW, WE CAN GET KINKY BANK ON WHAT'S BEING DONE RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO AS YOU SEE WE'RE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MY GLA, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SEE THAT FAR.
I HAVE MY, LET ME GET MY PAPER HERE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE DELINEATORS IN THE MIDDLE, ON THE YELLOW.
DELINEATORS, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, IT'S A THREE, THREE FOOT HIGH, SKINNY, SKINNY POSTS, BUT THEY'RE ON WITH ANYTHING YOU PUT IN THE ROAD, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT.
SO IT BOUNCES BACK, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO HURT ANYBODY.
SO THEY'RE ALL ON THE RE REFLECTS, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD BE HIT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE STATUS, YOU KNOW, YOUR 50 TIMES IT SHOULD BOUNCE BACK, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW? SO THAT WOULD BE ON THE WHOLE CURVE ALL THE WAY.
STARTING WITH THE RESIDENTS, THERE'S LIKE 1, 2, 3 HOUSES, IT START THERE AND GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CURVE TO JAMES.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT IS STANDING OUT WHEN LIGHTS FLASH ON IT.
AND THEN WE'VE EXTENDED THE WHITE SIDE STRIPES WITH, UM, DIAGONAL.
SO, YOU KNOW, OPPOSITE OF THE WAY YOU'RE TRAVELING.
SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE DOING ANGLED PARKING.
THEN WE HAVE THE WHITE RPMS, WHICH ARE THE RAISED PAVEMENT MARKERS.
THEY'RE NOT THE BIG BUTTONS THAT SOMEONE'S GOING TO GET HURT.
IT'S THE KIND YOU ALWAYS SEE, BUT THEY'VE BEEN FOUND THAT AT NIGHT, THEY REALLY REFLECT THE HEADLIGHTS.
SO THOSE WILL BE OUTLINING THE ENTIRE SIDES ON CHERRYWOOD ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE OTHER CURVE ON GARVEY.
SO THIS WHOLE SECTION IS GOING TO HAVE THE LANE NARROWING WITH THE WHITE RPMS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE LANES WITH THE DIAGONAL STRIPES, SO THAT IT DOESN'T IMPACT RESIDENTS FROM PARKING, BUT IT, WE NEEDED THE DIAGONAL STRIPES SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T THINK IT'S AN ACTUAL LANE.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE THE CHEVRON SIGNAGE ON THE CURVE TO BE THAT HIGH RESOLUTION.
THE HIVE IS NEON YELLOW TO MAKE IT STAND OUT.
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AND THEN THE, LIKE I SAID, THE USUAL, THE SOLAR STOP SIGNS AT JAMES AND THEN UPGRADE THE STRIPING THAT'S THERE.AND THEN THE NEXT SIGN, THE NEXT SLIDE.
NOW THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE CAN PUT IN ADVANCE.
THERE IS A STREET LIGHT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE AT THE END OF THE WHITE AREA, THIS IS THE A CURVE SIGN AHEAD, 500 FEET.
NOW WE COULD PUT A BEACON ON THAT SO THAT IT SHOWS UP AT NIGHT.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.
UH, ARE YOU GOING TO PUT A SLOW OR JUST, JUST, JUST A CRAPPY.
WE DON'T USE THE WRITING WE USE NOW, THE PICTURES OF EVERYTHING.
CAUSE IT'S MORE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IT INSTEAD OF, SO NOW I NEED THE RIGHT TUNES COMING, CORRECT.
SO THE YELLOW DIAMOND MEANS SLOW.
IF EVERYONE DRIVE THAT SHOULD, THAT'S THE UNIVERSAL SLOW.
I HOPE DID THEY KNOW? WELL, THAT'S IT.
WE HOPE, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
WE PUT THE SIGNAGE OUT THERE AND WE HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL VISUALLY START TO SLOW DOWN WITH ALL THESE, UM, OH, WE HAVE TO GIVE IT A TRY.
AND SO THEN AFTER WE DO THIS, LIKE WE SAID, WE CAN PIGGYBACK ON THE PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU'RE SEEING THAT WAS WE HAD 27 LOCATIONS THAT ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE HAD A FEW LAG TIME ON SOME OF THE SIGNS TO ORDER AND TO GET THEM IN, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S STILL A LITTLE SLOW GETTING BACK FROM COVID.
SO YOU'LL BE SEEING ALL OF THOSE.
SO THIS ONE, UM, THEY SAID WE CAN, IF YOU APPROVE IT, WE CAN GET PIGGYBACK ON WITH THOSE.
SO IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT'S COMES WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
AND WHEN YOU, UH, BEFORE YOU GET INTO THE EAST CARVEY SOUTH, OKAY.
IS THROUGH A LOCK ALLEN, YOU SEE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 35.
SO IT KIND OF GIVE PEOPLE KIND OF A RIGHT IMPRESSION THAT THEY CAN ZOOM THROUGH MODERN 35.
SO, SO CAN WE CHANGE IN THAT NEXT SIGN OR UNFORTUNATELY SPEED LIMITS ARE SET BY LAW.
SO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CVC CODE.
SO THAT'S PART OF THINGS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT MAYBE AS PART OF PHASE TWO, WE COULD LOOK AT CLASSIFYING THAT AREA AS A SAFETY ZONE IN THAT RESPECT, THEN WE CAN SLOWLY LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT.
AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THE LOWER SPEED LIMIT BY ORDINANCE.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IN 2017 YOU HAD A CITY-WIDE SPEED LIMIT AND THAT'S WHAT WAS ADOPTED AND APPROVED.
SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF GO BY THAT.
NOW WE DO HAVE IN IT IT'S, UM, IT CAN BE CHANGED EVERY FIVE, SEVEN OR 10 YEARS.
SO IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, THE COUNCIL MAY WANT TO TAKE A RELOOK AT IN 2024 OR 2023.
AND THE FIVE-YEAR MARK TO SEE IF MAYBE, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GO TOWARDS VISION ZERO AND KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SPEED LIMITS.
THERE'S SOME OTHER MORE PROGRAMS COMING OUT.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE CHANGING THE WAY, UM, CVC THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING SPEED SURVEYS.
OH, WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM A COUNSELOR.
NO, I ACTUALLY JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE STOP SIGNS ON MERSAD AND WILLOW, WHICH HAD BEEN HIT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES, BUT YOU GUYS TOOK CARE OF THAT PAIN AND THOSE CROSSWALKS AND THE LAST MONTH, THOSE STOPPED SCIENTISTS' DATA.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, RIGHT? NOPE.
I HAVE A MOTION MAY APPROACH HIM DIAZ AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU, UH, WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO ADD POSSIBLE SIGNAGE WITH LIGHTS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TBA, I COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.
I AIR CASTELLANO'S NUMBER EIGHT, PASSES FIVE ZERO.
[11) CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THIRD AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TRANSTECH FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY SERVICES]
US TO ITEM NUMBER 11, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONALS SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TRANS TECH FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY SERVICES.AND THE COUNCIL ATTENTION IS YOURS COUNSEL WOMAN.
I NEED A REPRESENTATIVE TO COME UP.
W WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPROACH QUESTIONS, UM, STAFF OR, OR TRANSTECH? WELL, THE FIRST QUESTION COULD BE FOR STAFF OR TRANSTECH.
UM, OVERALL, I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T GOT LIKE MANY COMPLAINTS WITH TRANSTECH OVERALL, BUT I KNOW WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL
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REGARDING, UH, BEING CHARGED DOUBLE FEES.UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF THAT WAS, THAT WAS THAT RESOLVED OR ON WHAT OVERSIGHT? I KNOW WE HAD EMAILS GOING BACK AND FORTH, UM, WITH STAFF.
SO IF YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT IN REGARDS TO THOSE FEES BEING CHARGED, DOUBLE, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, I CERTAINLY CAN, UM, THIS ITEM CONCERNS, UH, CONSIDERATION OF RENEWAL OF OUR CONTRACT WITH TRANSTECH, WHO DOES A REALLY EXCELLENT JOB FOR US.
THEY'VE GOT A NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES OF FROM HERE TONIGHT.
IF YOU WANT TO ASK THEM FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE PROCESS ABOUT 4,000 BUILDING PERMITS A YEAR, AND SOMETIMES WE GET QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM.
AND I CAN TELL YOU, UM, THOSE OARS TENDED TO PROMPTLY AND RESOLVED AMICABLY.
THE ONE THAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT CONCERNED, A LOCAL RESIDENT WHO HAD GOTTEN A BUILDING PERMIT INITIALLY TO PUT IN A TOUGH SHED.
AND THE ONE THAT THEY ORIGINALLY APPLIED FOR THE FIRM APPLIED ON THEIR BEHALF WAS SMALLER THAN THE ONE THAT THEY ACTUALLY ENDED UP DELIVERING AND BUILDING.
AND SO THERE WAS AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE FEES, BUT I DID REVIEW IT AND THE PROPER FEES WERE CHARGED.
DO STAFF NORMALLY REVIEW THIS OR DO THEY REVIEW IT? WE FIELD CALLS OR CONCERNS WHEN THEY COME IN.
UM, IT'S AN AREA WHERE I GET VERY FEW CONCERNS, BUT I ALWAYS TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY.
UM, IF SOMEBODY HAS A COMPLAINT ABOUT A BUILDING INSPECTOR, THEY USUALLY WANT TO TAKE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND OFTEN THAT THAT'S THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, BUT, UM, WE, WE TEND TO THEM, WE TEND TO THEM WHEN THEY ARISE.
MY RECOLLECTION OF THAT SPECIFIC ISSUE THAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT FROM THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED WAS THE INITIAL APPLICATION EXPIRED, CRITICAL FACT.
UM, SO UPON SECOND SUBMISSION OF A SEPARATE APPLICATION, I IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THEY'RE DISTINCT.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S ACCURATE TO SAY THAT IT WAS DOUBLE CHARGED.
THERE WERE TWO DISTINCT THINGS.
I MEAN, OVERALL, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T, WE DON'T, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED COMPLAINTS, YOU KNOW, UM, COMPARED TO PREVIOUS, SO THAT ON, ON THAT COMPONENT.
UM, THE NEXT QUESTION IS, UM, HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE WE RECEIVED? I KNOW I DON'T SEE ANY DATA ABOUT RECEIVING THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE GET ON HERE.
IT SAYS WHAT THE CITY GETS AS A PERCENTAGE, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING ON THAT.
UM, AND I KNOW YOU WANT TO YEAH.
UH, TO INCREASE THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ON THE FAVOR OF OUR CITY, DO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION? WE'VE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT TOTAL NUMBER OF PERMITS IN TERMS OF THE FEE RELATIONSHIP.
IT'S A PERCENTAGE OF THE FEES THAT, THAT IS, UM, SHARED BETWEEN THE CONTRACTOR AND THE CITY.
AND, UM, AND THEN I KNOW THEY WANTED AN INCREASE, BUT DOESN'T THE FEES RECEIVED FROM PERMITS COVER THE COST IN GENERAL.
IT CERTAINLY DOES THAT UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW, THE CITY IS ALLOWED TO SET THE FEES, TO RECOVER COSTS, REASONABLY BORN IN THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICE.
IN THIS CASE, WE'VE, WE'VE SET THEM TO THE COUNTY FEES.
AND THAT SEEMS TO BE A RELATIONSHIP THAT'S WORKING VERY WELL.
I CAN TELL YOU REGARDING FEES, I ALMOST NEVER GET A COMPLAINT ABOUT THEM.
WHAT DEVELOPERS WANT IS EXPEDITED REVIEWS.
THEY WANT IT QUICKLY BECAUSE TIME IS MONEY.
AND I DON'T GET COMPLAINTS FROM BUILDERS ABOUT GEE OR FEES OR THIS OR THAT.
NOW, I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAVE, LIKE OTHERWISE.
ANY, ANY OTHER COUNCILMAN WU? YEAH, I WANT TO FOLLOW UP.
I THINK CURRENTLY, UH, TRANSLATE COMPARED WITH WELDON.
MAKE MAJOR DIFFERENT WELDER HAS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FOR RESIDENTS AND THE TUNNEL WHO RECOMMEND THEM.
SO, BUT, UH, TRANSLATE IS DOING A GOOD JOB.
THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS TWO THINGS.
THAT'S WHAT BEGINNING WE HAVE THEM TOO.
WHEN WE REMEMBER WE REVEAL IT AND WE TALK TO THEM.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CUSTOMER SERVICE OKAY.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, A PUFFY SHARING, THE POVERTY SHARING WAS $150,000 ON.
THERE WOULD BE 50, 50, ANYTHING ABOUT LESS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY NUMBER WE WANT TO SEE.
I THINK OUR FINANCE DIRECTORS SHOULD MAYBE HAVE SOME NUMBER FOR THAT.
IT'S NO COMPLAINT ABOUT THEIR SERVICE.
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JOB, BUT ABOUT THE, THE BARGAIN WE APPROVE IS THE DON'T FORGET.UH, THE BUILDING AND SAFETY IS A CTS CASH REGISTERS.
YOU BEEN THE REVENUE INTO THE CITY.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CITY GET THE MOST OF, UH, UH, REVENUE AND THE NUMBER THREE.
HAVE CT, LIKE FROM THE BEGINNING, WE TALKED TO CHANCE TAG.
UH, WE WANT TO KNOW, UH, THE IN HOUSE, THE STAFF STAFFING COMPARE WITH OUTSOURCING.
AND THOUGH WE NEED A COMPARISON.
LET, WHAT IS FEASIBLE? IF A TRANSPLANT IS CONTINUE DOING A GOOD JOB AND THE CITY MAKE MONEY AND THE PEOPLE HAPPY, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO USE THEM.
BUT IF A CITY CAN MAKE MORE MONEY AND, UH, WE CAN HAVE A, OKAY.
OUR STAFFING IN-HOUSE SO WE MAYBE CAN DO SOME KIND OF ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON AS WELL.
WE TALK TO THE TRANSPLANT FROM THE BEGINNING, BUT AGAIN, AND I THINK THIS IS A HOW AT BEGINNING WE SET UP LIKE THIS, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, OKAY.
AND THE, WE GET THIS INFORMATION SO WE CAN MAKE A RIGHT DECISION.
AND, UH, SOCO HAD CITY MANAGER THROUGH THE CHAIR.
IF I MAY, I THINK IT'S WELL THAT THE CITY ALWAYS CONSIDER ALL OPTIONS AND SERVICE PROVISION.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR DIRECTION TONIGHT, RETURNED WITH AN ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF THE DOLLARS OF IT ALL INFLAMMATION.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT WITH THIS FIRM, WE'VE GOT A REALLY AMAZING COMMITMENT TO CUSTOMER CARE AND, AND THEY, THEY TAKE THAT DUTY, UH, QUITE SERIOUSLY.
WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FIRM HERE TONIGHT.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH THEM DIRECTLY THIS EVENING, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU THOSE OTHER INFORMATIONS THAT YOU ARE REQUESTING COUNSEL.
WE DID A TRANSFER LAST YEAR, JANUARY FROM WILDER INTO TRANSTECH.
SO, SO SUPPOSEDLY WE SHOULD HAVE EVALUATION FOR WHY YOU DO SO LAST YEAR, ONE YEAR.
HOW MUCH THE CT SHARE AND HOW MUCH, OKAY.
THINK THIS WILL PROBABLY WRECKER HOW MUCH WILDEN AN HOUR THEN TRANS TAG WE RECEIVE AND HOW MUCH CTE SHARE.
I THINK, DO WE HAVE INFORMATION TO, I DON'T HAVE IT AS PART OF THIS POWERPOINT, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT FOR YOU.
STEPHANIE, DO YOU HAVE A LEGACY INFORMATION? I'M SORRY, ARE YOU HERE? I WAS LOOKING AT UPSTAIRS.
I DON'T HAVE DOLLARS IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE, THE POINT OF THIS ONE IS NOT TO INCREASE THEIR RATES.
THEIR, THEIR PERCENTAGES ARE GOING TO STAY THE SAME.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS WE'VE ACTUALLY INCREASED OUR REVENUE WITH EACH OF OUR BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
AND I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T HAVE THE REVENUE SIDE, BUT WITH EACH REVENUE INCREASE, I HAD ALSO INCREASED WHAT I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO PAY TRANSTECH.
HOWEVER, THEIR CONTRACT IS LIMITED TO THIS AMOUNT OF $940,000.
AND WE'RE, WE'VE ALREADY MET THAT, WHICH WE ANTICIPATED BECAUSE OUR BUILDING SERVICES IS OUR REVENUE HAS GOTTEN SO HIGH.
I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME IF I PULLED A QUARTERLY OR I'M SORRY, $150,000 A NET PROFIT, OR IS THE GROSS.
AND WHEN YOU SAY THE CAP, THIS IS A NET OR GROSS OF THE PERMEATE.
AND THIS CAP IS WHAT WE ACTUALLY PAY THEM.
SO IT'S NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE REVENUE AT ALL, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE NOW PAY DAN $900,000, $950,000.
THAT WAS THE CAP THAT WAS PUT ON.
IT NEVER TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
IF OUR REVENUE IS ASTRONOMICALLY HIGHER THAN THAT, THEN OBVIOUSLY.
SO IF WE PAID THEM $940,000 IN RETURN, THE CD SHOW HAVE A MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLAR INCOME, CORRECT? WE DO.
WE HAVE ENOUGH TO WHERE I HAD ANTICIPATED.
WE'D AT LEAST BE PAYING THEM ABOUT 1.4 MILLION BASED ON THEIR CALCULATIONS OF THE RATES THAT ARE IN THAT CONTRACT BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, BASED ON THE REVENUE THAT WE'RE ALREADY RECEIVING.
SO STAFF IS NOT ASKING TO CHANGE.
SO BASICALLY WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO APPROVE IS THEY, SHOULD WE SEE DUE TO WE HAVE MORE VOLUME? SO WE DON'T CAP THEM WITH AN ANGELA $40,000 ON LOSS CONTRACT.
WE WANT TO RAISE UP BECAUSE WE, RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A WAY WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, PER ME APPLICATION DEVELOPMENTS OR MEANING THIS IS KIND OF, SO IN THAT WAY, UH, THEY, WE WANT, THEY WANT TO, CAN PAY MORE.
WELL, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THEM CONTRACTED WITH US TO PAY MORE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE'VE REACHED THE CAP, WE CAN'T STAFF CAN'T PAY THEM FOR THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE DOING, AND THEN THEY COULDN'T CONTINUE TO DO THEM.
SO WE DEFINITELY WANT THEM TO KEEP CONTINUING TO BRING IN THE REVENUE.
AND SO BY CAPPING CONTRACT, LIKE THIS DOESN'T QUITE MAKE SENSE THAT SIMILAR, LIKE, BUT, BUT IN THE HISTORY OF WEST COVINA ALWAYS HAVE OUR IN-HOUSE BUILDING AND SAFETY BEFORE I THINK IS DOING INSPECTOR LAWS, ADMINISTRATOR.
HOW MUCH? HALF MILLION DOLLARS? I DON'T KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I REMEMBER IT WAS DALE AT TIME.
SO I THINK WE HAVE A LONG LONDON AND A COUPLE OF INSPECTOR
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WILL LEAD THIS ON LAND WITH US FOR A LONG TIME.IF WE PAID THEM MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS, WILL IT BE SUFFICIENT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE SERVICE THEN.
CAUSE RIGHT NOW, AND JUST OUT OF THE THIRD QUARTER, I WAS PREDICTING THAT WE'D PROBABLY END UP PAYING THEM AROUND 1.4 OR 1.5, JUST BASED ON THE REVENUE THAT WE HAD BEEN GETTING AT THE TIME OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
IF WE GET MORE REVENUE BUILDING SERVICE REVENUE, THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET, I HAVE NO COMPLAINT ABOUT THE SERVICE.
I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE BUSINESS POINT OF VIEW.
IF WE PAINT THREE OR FOUR STAFF, WE ONLY PAY OUT FIVE, $500,000 OR OKAY.
BUT WE WILL KEEP THE REST $2 MILLION, $3 MILLION IS THE WAY THE CONTRACTS ARE WRITTEN.
IF WE, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE CONTRACT, I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT, OKAY, IT COMES THROUGH, I'M TALKING ABOUT COMPARE WITH OUR IN-HOUSE
I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK BACK INTO WHAT WE PAID IN HOUSE VERSUS OUTHOUSE.
IS THERE ISN'T THAT IN THE REPORT, INCLUDING UNITED THE REPORT, HOW MUCH CT RECEIVE OUR LAST YEAR AND A YEAR TODAY? LIKE A YEAR TO DAY, HOW MUCH WE RECEIVE AND THE APPLAUSE, HOW MUCH WE PAID THEM.
WITH OUR POTENTIALLY IN-HOUSE HOW MUCH THERE WILL BE.
AND THEN IN A WAY NOW BUILDING, OKAY, THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT MONEY IS MONEY.
IF THE CITY CAN RECEIVE MORE MONEY AND THE SERVICE, WHY NOT CITY KEEP MOST OF THE, OUR REVENUES IS RIGHT NOW.
WE, WE, WE CAN HIRE MORE PEOPLE BASED ON THIS INCOME.
WE HAVE STAFF CAN DEFINITELY PUT THAT EVACUATION TOGETHER FOR YOU AS A FULL SERVICE CT.
AND, UH, UH, AGAIN, AGAIN, BEAUTY AND SAFETY IS OUR CASE.
REGISTERS PEOPLE COME IN, PAY THE PAY, THE PERMIT FEE APPLICATION FEE.
THAT'S ANOTHER FEE GENERATED BY THE CITY INCOME.
AND THE CITY WANTS TO MAKE SURE THOSE MONEY KEEPING OUR SO PROVIDE SERVERS OKAY.
SO ANYWAY, THIS IS MY REQUEST TO GET ALL THE REPORT, BUT NOT NECESSARILY WE ARE, WE ARE, WE, WE DON'T WANT THEM.
WE JUST WANT TO SEE THE, THE NUMBER, UH, BUT THE, IN THE, TODAY WE JUST WANT TO RAISE UP DUE TO THE CONTRACTS DUE TO WE HAVE A MORE VOLUME, SO WE NEED TO, OKAY.
OTHERWISE YOU DON'T WANT TO WALK MORE DUE TO, WE ONLY PAY THEM THIS CAN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ANTHRAX BY, OH YEAH.
I JUST, UH, PIGGYBACK ON COUNCILMAN WU.
SO, UH, I THINK THAT THE REQUEST, WHICH I AGREE IS, IS TO SEE THE VIABILITY OF THE CITY TO, UM, GO AHEAD AND, AND GO BACK TO, UH, DOING OUR OWN, UM, BUILDING AND PERMITTING, SEE IF WE HAVE THE CAPACITY AND IF IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, UH COST-EFFECTIVE FOR, FOR THE CITY, UM, TO NOT OUTSOURCE ANYMORE.
AND THAT WAY WE COULD GET A REAL COMPARISON AND MAKE A QUALITY DECISION.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE.
SINCE WE HAVE A TIME OVER HERE, WE WERE UNDER THE, UH, UH, JENNA DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OR TRAFFIC ENGINEER DESIGN LAB, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE WANTED TO SEE, OKAY.
I THINK WE HAVE, UH, SOME NUMBERS SOMETIMES.
SO WE CAN ALL SEE ALL THE OTIS ALSO SEEING HOW MUCH COSTS THE CITY.
AND I THINK, UH, ENGINEERING, UH, IS IT'S A, IT'D BE MORE DIFFICULT IS A REALLY NEED, VERY GOOD QUALIFIED, QUALIFIED PEOPLE.
ALL THOSE ENGINEERS DOING A GOOD JOB.
AND I SOLD THE TRAFFIC HEARING.
THIS IS A VERY TEND TO THE RESIDENT AND TRY TO GIVE THE BEST FOR, FOR THE CITY.
SO I HAVE NO, NO PROBLEM WITH ENGINEERING.
I THINK THEY, THEY'RE DOING SUCH A OUTSTANDING JOB.
I THINK FOR CITY TRIED TO HIRE OUTSTANDING ENGINEERING WILL BE ABLE TO BE MORE DIFFICULT AND IN A BEAUTY AND SAFETY.
BUILD IS 80, QUITE A LOT, THE INSPECTOR FLOATING AROUND.
SO, SO THAT IS HOW WE WANT TO SEE THE CT FUTURE.
CAN WE GET MORE REVENUE BECAUSE WE FIGHTING FOR EACH DOLLAR.
UH, BUT WE WILL SEE, WE WILL SEE, UH, HOW TO OKAY.
THEN THE SURVEY AND TWO, WE CAN, WE GET THE QUALITY PEOPLE.
SO, AND THE OTHER WAY, WE STILL STUCK WITH THE TRANSTECH.
AND SO, SO TO CLARIFY, UM, SO THIS IS JUST TO LIFT THE CAP THAT WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW, THE NINE 40.
SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS BUILDING AND SAFETY CONTRACT.
THANK YOU, STEPHANIE FOR THAT.
UM, COUNCILMAN LOPEZ, VIBRATO, ANYTHING
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ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ASK OR IS THAT, DOES THAT SUFFICE FOR YOU? YEAH.THEY'RE NOT RAISING RATES AND FEES TO OUR RESIDENTS OR TO THE BUSINESSES.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, UM, NO, THAT, THAT'S FINE.
ARE YOU, ARE WE GOING TO MANAGE, SO IS THE CAB NOW, DO WE HAVE A CAB NOW? I WOULD GO INTO A DOLLAR PAIN AND WE TO HAVE A CAP.
WE'RE GOING TO 1.4 CAB W SO WE HAVE TWO CAB ALL THE TIME, NOT BY THE PERCENTAGE OF VOLUME COMPLETELY.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE MOVED THE CABS.
SO IN THAT WAY, AND THEN WE WERE, WE WERE CUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY PAY US.
SO WE HAVE A CLEAR, I HAVE AN OKAY, SORRY.
WHEN THEY PAY, UH, STEPHANIE, I DIDN'T PAID DIRECTLY TO THE CT AND WE KEEP THEM THEIR SHARE OR THEY GIVE US OUR SHARE.
THEY SHOULD PAY TO THE, OUR FINANCE THAT THEY COME IN TO PAY US.
AND THEN WE GIVE THEM THEIR SHARE.
WE TAKE IN THE PERMITS DIRECTLY.
AND THEN WE TELL THEM WHAT OUR REVENUE WAS AND THEY BILL US ACCORDINGLY.
SO BASICALLY YOU GET THE MONEY FIRST.
WE GOT A, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL SO WE CAN CONTROL THAT.
AND WE KNOW WHAT THE REVENUE IS.
BUILDER, APPLY DEVELOPER APPLICATION MONEY WOULD GO TO THE CITY FIRST.
AND THEN WE BASED ON THAT CITY, BASED ON THE AMOUNT WE GIVE THEM THE PERCENTAGE BASED ON ALL CONTRACT.
SO YES, WE GIVE THEM THE REVENUE AND THEN THEY BILL US AND WE CAN CHECK BACK TO MAKE SURE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THE MONEY FIRST.
UM, IN THAT CASE, I'LL WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
WE MOVED THE CAP, RIGHT? HE MOVED THE CAP.
OH, THEY MAY BE MAKING TENSILE MILLION WITH OUR BUILDING GOING ON WITH YOU GUYS ARE GONNA WORK HARDER.
WE GOT A FIRST, SECOND AND A SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ VETO AND A SECOND BY MAY APPROACH MDS COUNCIL MEMBER TO BAZZA BY COUNCILMAN BU COUNCILMAN LOPEZ.
UH, YOU WANT GUY WANTS, SAY SOMETHING OR
WE JUST WANT TO SAY, WE LOVE THIS COMMUNITY OR SO HAPPY TO BE HERE, OR YOU LOVE THE MONEY TOO.
IT'S TRULY BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF.
THE RESIDENTS GETS TO KNOW THEM ON THE TRAFFIC AND ENGINEERING END OUT IN THE FIELD.
I KNOW OUR BUILDING TEAM WORKS VERY HARD AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT THE CITY.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE YOU TO, YES.
I WORK IN THE CONTRACTING WITH THE ENGINEERING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE DENNIS TERRAIN AND EILA JEFFERSON, OUR DIRECTORS OF BUILDING AND SAFETY AND ENGINEERING PLAN CHECK OH, CONDOM.
MIRASEE ONE OF OUR CIP MANAGERS SLASH CITY ENGINEERING, AS WELL AS AHMAD ANSARI, WHO ALSO SUPPORTS THE ENGINEERING, UH, JANA ROBBINS IN OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, AS WELL AS FRANK LOPEZ, UM, IN THE CITY ENGINEERING TEAM.
SO WE JUST, WE LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.
SO THAT ENDS, THAT CONCLUDES OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.
MOVING ON TO DEPARTMENTAL REGULAR MATTERS.
[15) CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 ANNUAL OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET]
NUMBER 12, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FISCAL YEAR 2022 THROUGH 2023 ANNUAL OPERATING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET.UM, MR. CITY MANAGER, WHO WILL PRESENT THIS REPORT AGAIN? WELCOME BACK, STEPHANIE.
SO THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE A RECAP OF KIND OF WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
SO FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 22, 23 PROPOSED BUDGET REVENUE FOR ALL FUNDS COMBINED IS PROJECTED TO BE OVER 126 MILLION WITH THE LARGEST OF THIS BEING PROPERTY TAX, THEN FOLLOWED BY SALES TAX AND THEN REVENUE FROM OTHER FUNDS, OTHER AGENCIES, TOTAL EXPENDITURES, EXCLUDING CHAP TRANSFERS FOR ALL BUDGETED FUNDS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE OVER 128 MILLION.
THE CITY'S LARGEST FUND IS THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR 50% OF THE CITY'S BUDGET.
THE PROPOSED GENERAL FUND BUDGET HAS ALSO BEEN STRUCTURALLY BALANCED WITH A NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE, ESTIMATED TO BE OVER 500,000 AFTER TRANSFERS.
OVERALL PRIOR YEAR ACTUALS WERE USED TO DEVELOP REALISTIC BUDGET ESTIMATES.
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AT FISCAL YEAR END IS PROJECTED TO BE 24 MILLION OR 31% OF EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS.THE PROPOSED CIP INCLUDES OVER 94 MILLION IN PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
CURRENTLY, THE CITY HAS 46 MILLION UNDERWAY ACROSS 65 PROJECTS FROM CURRENT AND PRIOR YEARS, 17 MILLION IS PROPOSED NEXT FISCAL YEAR ACROSS 38 PROJECTS.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES FUNDING TO BRING RECREATION COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS BACK TO PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS.
IT ALSO INCLUDES FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, SUCH AS SPRING FESTIVAL AND 4TH OF JULY.
WE'VE ALSO ARE PROPOSING TO BRING BACK A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER TO INFORM ENGAGE RESIDENTS.
WE'VE ALSO INCREASED MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS, WHICH INCLUDES INCREASING THE TREE TREND CYCLE FROM SEVEN DOWN TO FIVE YEARS.
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS TO PARKINS FACILITIES, WHICH IT WASN'T ABLE TO IN PRIOR YEARS.
AND A BUDGET HAS ALSO BEEN INCLUDED FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE SELF-SUPPORTED AS AND OPERATE AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDE INCLUDES 12 NEW MAINTENANCE WORKERS, ALL FUNDED FROM SPECIAL REVENUE, SUCH AS GAS TAX AND SEWER FUND ONE NON-SWORN PUBLIC SAFETY POSITION AND TWO PART-TIME POSITIONS IN OR IN HUMAN RESOURCES AND PLANNING.
AND WE'VE ALSO PROPOSED TO REMOVE ONE PART TIME POSITION IN FINANCE AND UPGRADE ONE PART PART-TIME POSITION IN IT TO FULL-TIME DURING THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO EVALUATE HIRING FULL-TIME OVER PART-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
AFTER EXAMINING OPERATIONS STAFF RECOMMENDS HIRING FOR FULL-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BY UTILIZING EIGHT PART-TIME POSITIONS TO KEEP OVERALL EXPENDITURES THE SAME.
SO THIS WOULD BRING THE TOTAL COUNT OF CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO 10, WITH SIX PART-TIME AND FOUR FULL TIME POSITIONS.
UM, THE BUDGET SURVEY WAS MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE THROUGH MARCH OR FROM MARCH THROUGH APRIL WITH A TOTAL OF 103 PEOPLE RESPONDING.
85% OF WHICH WERE RESIDENTS RESPOND.
RESPONDENTS WERE ASKED THEIR OPINION ACROSS 10 DIFFERENT SERVICE CATEGORIES THAT THE CITY PROVIDES RESPONDENTS RANKED INFRASTRUCTURE, THE MOST IMPORTANT FOLLOWED BY POLICE AND THEN FIRE.
ADDITIONALLY, WHEN ASKED TO ASSIGN DOLLARS TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, THEY ASSIGN THEIR DOLLARS FIRST TO POLICE, THEN FIRE, AND THEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMPARISON WITH THE CITY'S PROPOSED BUDGET EXPENDITURE.
CITY-WIDE HAVE SIMILARLY BEEN ALLOCATED FIRST TO POLICE THEN, UM, TO PUBLIC SERVICES, WHICH MAINLY OPERATES TO MAINTAIN OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE FOLLOWED BY FIRE.
UH, COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS WERE HELD APRIL 20TH AND MAY 4TH, OVERALL 12 RESIDENTS PARTICIPATED STAFF ADDRESS QUESTIONS ACROSS THE BOARD.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, WHICH INCLUDED, UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SPORTS PLEX AND THE PROPOSED NEWS VISIT PROPOSED NEW POSITIONS AS A RESULT OF ALL THE MEETINGS AND THE LAST UPDATE FROM COUNCIL.
THE ONLY CHANGE THAT HAS MADE TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS THE PROPOSAL TO SWITCH THE FULL-TIME SLASH PART-TIME COUNT FOR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SINCE THEN NO DOLLARS HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I KNOW OUR, UH, FIRE CHIEF HAS, UM, BEEN WEARING A LOT OF HATS AND WITH, UH, POTENTIALLY, UM, DRY SEASON COMING THIS SUMMER, UM, AND, UH, WITH A LOT GOING ON IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY IN OUR BUDGET TO GIVE MORE ASSISTANCE IN THE FIRE ADMINISTRATION? THAT'D BE A QUESTION FOR YOU OR A CITY MANAGER.
I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE A RUN, IDENTIFY MAY MIRROR.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE A BROADER CONTEXT.
THIS BUDGET THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE TONIGHT IS STRUCTURALLY BALANCED.
BUT I THINK OUR PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE NOT INCREASE EXPENDITURES AT A FASTER RATE.
WE THINK THAT COSTS THAT EXPENDITURES ARE INCREASING TO THE HORIZON AT A RATE THAT IS MAYBE NOT TROUBLING, BUT AT LEAST CONCERNING TO US.
SO WE WANT TO POSITION THE CITY FOR LONG-TERM SUCCESS NOW TO THE DEPARTMENTAL REQUESTS EVERY YEAR, IT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
THE DEPARTMENTS COME IN WITH WHAT WE CALL SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST.
IT'S NOT QUITE LIKE WRITING A LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS BECAUSE IT'S JUSTIFIED THAT THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE ENTIRELY REASONABLE AND JUSTIFIED BASED ON THE WORKLOAD.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT CHIEF CAPELLI IS HE HAS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR HIS DEPARTMENT UNDER HIS WATCH.
A LOT OF REALLY AMAZING THINGS ARE GETTING DONE.
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COUNCIL ISSUES OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND ROLLING STOCK, YOU KNOW, PUMPER ENGINES AND A NEW LADDER TRUCK.AND HEAVEN KNOWS THE POOR CONDITION OF OUR FIRE STATIONS.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO HOLD THE LINE ON ADDITIONAL STAFFING AND KEEP THINGS WHERE THEY ARE.
NOT THAT WE COULDN'T AFFORD IT THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE WORRIED LONG-TERM TO THE HORIZON.
DOES HE NEED ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND THE FIRE ADMINISTRATION? ABSOLUTELY.
AND HE PROPOSED SEVERAL DIFFERENT POSITIONS THAT MIGHT GET HIM THERE, DIFFERENT RANKS AND YOU GET DIFFERENT SKILL LEVELS.
COULD WE ADD ANOTHER ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF? IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE WAY TO GET ADMINISTRATIVE WORK DONE.
COULD WE ADD A 40 HOUR ADMINISTRATIVE CAPTAIN, ET CETERA, DOWN, DOWN THROUGH THE FIRE SERIES.
IT WAS A HARD ONE TO SAY NO TO, BUT I'M NOT PREPARED TO RECOMMEND IT TONIGHT, WHICH IS NOT TO SAY IT'S NOT JUSTIFIED BECAUSE IT IS, I'VE ALSO GOT SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS AND NEEDS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT I THINK ARE WORTHY.
WE'RE STANDING UP, YOU HAVE MY MANAGER'S REPORT TONIGHT, BUT ALL THESE ADDITIONAL THINGS ARE STARTING TO DO IN THE PARKS AND REC SERIES.
COULD WE USE ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER OR TWO THERE? ABSOLUTELY.
I WOULD SUGGEST YOU DROP THIS BUDGET TONIGHT.
IF YOU WANT ME TO LOOK AT THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS FURTHER, IF YOU WANT TO REVIEW THEM AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING IN THE FIRE SERIES OR IN THE, UM, PUBLIC SERVICES REC SERIES, I'LL BRING THOSE BACK AND LET YOU TALK ABOUT IT FURTHER.
I JUST WASN'T PREPARED TO GIVE EVERY DEPARTMENT EVERYTHING THEY WERE ASKING FOR YOU.
YOU ASKED ME WHAT TIME IT WAS AND I TOLD YOU HOW TO BUILD A WATCH.
AND I WENT ON TOO LONG, BUT I'M JUST, UM, I'M URGING CAUTION.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE, MR. CITY MANAGER.
COUNCILMAN TABATA BY YOUR HAND IS UP.
UM, SO SPEAKING ON THAT AND, AND I, I SHARE YOUR CONCERN.
UH, AND SO THEN ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE BUDGET IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE ARE SUBSIDIZING THE SPORTSPLEX.
UH, NOT ONLY WITH, WITH, WITH THE MONEY, UH, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS OVER $300,000, UH, THIS YEAR, PLUS ALL THE MONEY SPENT TO BRING IT UP TO STANDARD.
UM, BUT ALSO WITH, WITH STAFF.
UH, SO, UM, CA COULD, UH, COULD WE CONSIDER, UH, THE CITY CONSIDER ISSUING, UH, AN RFP, UH, TO GET AN OUTSIDE VENDOR TO OPERATE AND MANAGE THE SPORTSPLEX? UH, AND AGAIN, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT WE, WE DO HAVE, I THINK THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE WE, WE ARE GOING TO BE SUBSIDIZING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, UM, AND, AND THAT MONEY COULD BE USED FOR, FOR, FOR OTHER STAFFING, UM, WITH, WITHOUT, UH, ANY, ANY CLEAR VIEW THAT, UM, THAT FACILITY WOULD, UH, PAY FOR ITSELF.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONSIDER, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE DIRECTOR TO GO THROUGH THE, THE, THE NUMBERS HERE REGARDING THE SPORTSPLEX FUND, BECAUSE WE'RE SEGREGATING THAT AND SHOWING WHAT THOSE EXPENDITURES ARE.
SO I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT FIRST AND THEN RETURN TO YOUR QUESTION OF WHETHER WE COULD LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS.
SO STEPHANIE, IF YOU WOULD, IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT THE GENERAL FUND IS SUBSIDIZING, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND THEN, UM, OR ACTUALLY LAST YEAR, IT WAS OVER A LITTLE HUNDRED THOUSAND THIS YEAR.
IT'LL BE THE FULL AMOUNT THAT WE'VE SPENT, WHICH TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT OPERATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY OPENED.
THE SPORTS, THE FIELDS HAVE BEEN CLOSED.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN INVESTING MONEY INTO THE SPORTSPLEX TO GET IT UP TO PAR.
AND SO THIS YEAR IS A HARDER HIT AROUND 344,000.
UM, THE NEXT YEAR WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT MORE OF THE OPERATIONS WOULD BE UP AND RUNNING.
AND SO WE WOULD START TO SEE IT BEING ABLE TO SOMEWHAT SELF-SUPPORT ITSELF, BUT THE CITY WOULD STILL BE, UM, SUPPLEMENTING IT BY 180,000.
I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, UM, IT, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ROXANNE WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, MARIKA SOLONUS, IF I MAY JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR HAD SHARED, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S REALLY UP TO THE COUNCIL.
THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO SET THE POLICY AND IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL.
UM, THE DIRECTION THAT THEY, THEY SEE THE SPORTS BUCK'S GOING AS INDICATED IN OUR LAST, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD EXPRESSED THAT THE STAFF HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO YOU IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION, MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION
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AND FEEDBACK SO THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE COUNCIL HAS WHAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE THE BEST, UM, DECISIONS, UM, REGARDING THE BUDGET REGARDING POLICY.AND THEN AGAIN, STOPS RESPONSIBILITY TO CARRY IT OUT.
THANK YOU, ROXANNE AND RE REGARDING THAT TOPIC.
ALTHOUGH WE SEE IT ON SCREEN IN AN ACCOUNTING FORMAT, AS IT IS SHOWN RIGHT NOW, UH, I THINK YOUR POINT'S WELL TAKEN.
MY FEAR AND CONCERN IS THAT, UM, WHEN WE HAD THE PROPERTY MANAGED BY AN OUTSIDE VENDOR, WE WERE IN DURING THESE LOSSES, WE, WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW IT.
WE JUST WEREN'T ACCOUNTING FOR IT.
WE WERE GETTING RIPPED OFF DIRTY, AND IT BOILS MY BLOOD TO EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
THEY STILL OWE US MONEY TO THIS DAY.
THEY OWE US MONEY FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, ROOFS, UH, BROKEN STUCCO, UH, PLYWOOD THAT WAS NOT MAINTAINED AND PAINTED THE LIST GOES ON.
SO ALTHOUGH, YEAH, SEEING, SEEING AN ACTUALIZED OR FORECASTED EXPENDITURE IS, IS CONCERNING GIVEN EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET AND DEPARTMENTS THAT NEED IT.
BUT, UM, I THINK, UM, THE WAY IT WAS STRUCTURED ORIGINALLY WAS, UM, QUESTIONABLE, HEINOUS, SHADY, UNBELIEVABLE.
IT WAS JUST GOING UNNOTICED AND IT WAS BEING THE, THE BENEFIT FOR ALL THOSE YEARS WAS NOT TO THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA, MAYBE A SMALL PERCENTAGE, BUT IT WAS TO PRIVATE FAMILIES AND OUT OUTSIDE BALLPLAYERS.
SO THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH ISSUING AN RFP IS THE BIG QUESTION OF OVERSIGHT.
REALLY? THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONCERN, UH, COUNCILMAN WU, AND THEN BACK TO, YEAH, IT'S ABOUT, I WANT TO PIGGYBACK TO THE MAYOR REGARDING THE ISSUE.
I THINK WE WENT THROUGH THIS ISSUE A YEAR AND HALF AGO, AND WE TALK ABOUT, SHALL WE GO OFF OR SHOULD WE FIX THE PLACE WHEN WE TOOK OVER THE PLACE? BECAUSE THE PLACE WAS HORRIBLE, THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING THAT ANYTHING DROPPED.
THEY NEVER PICK IT UP AND THEY JUST HAVE BAD TENANT.
THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, THEY DIDN'T FIX ANYTHING.
THEY HAVE NO SPRINKLERED AND THEY HAVE A NO MONITOR THAN NOTHING.
THEY DIDN'T DO NOTHING AT ALL.
AND THEY MAKE TOP DOLLAR AND IT WAS, AND THERE WAS A CITY HAVE TO PAY FOR A LOT OF STUFF.
I DON'T THINK WE EVEN MAKE ANY MONEY AT ALL.
AND THIS IS A REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PROJECT, SUPPOSEDLY NUMBER 16 PARK FOR THE CITY.
SO I THINK THE CT HAVE NO CHOICE RATHER THAN JUST GIVE AWAY TO SUBMIT SPECIAL INTERESTS.
AND WE HAVE TO RUN IT OURSELVES.
AND WHEN I FIX UP, WE SPEND MONEY AND NOW LOOK LIKE IT'S STUDYING.
AND THE RESIDENT CAN BOOK ANYTIME.
BUT BEFORE THEY HAVE NO CHANCE AT ALL, OKAY.
THEN THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW, WE OWN THIS WHOLE PARK.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WE OWN SPOT PLEX.
THEY THINK ABOUT THEIR OWN BY THE BIG THEY DREAM, BUT IT'S NOT TRUE.
IT'S OUR NUMBER 16 PARK USING TAXPAYERS' MONEY.
SO, SO I THINK WE WENT THROUGH THIS REGARDING TO, WE NEED TO, AND WE ALREADY VOTE, OKAY.
AND ANYTIME CG CAN MAKE THE REVENUE AND THE MONITOR THE SITUATION AND MAKE SURE AT THIS PLACE WERE WRONG.
AND OUR RESIDENT HAVE A CHANCE TO UTILIZE THIS PLACE.
SO, SO I WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS BUDGET LIKE THIS.
THIS IS MY MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AND COMMENT.
WELL, I MEAN, I HAD A OTHER QUESTIONS ON, ON, ON THE BUDGET.
UM, BUT I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, ACCESS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO, TO THE SPORTSPLEX.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD, UH, WEST COVINA, UH, AMERICAN THAT, THAT, THAT COULD NOT AFFORD, AFFORD THE FEES, UH, TO ACCESS THE SPORTS FLUX FOR THEIR ALL STAR TEAMS. UM, CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THOSE, THOSE TOURNAMENTS ARE NOT, ARE NOT BEING PLAYED BY, UH, WEST COVINA RESIDENTS OR WEST COVINA TEAMS, YOU KNOW, WHICH I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IN ORDER TO GENERATE THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE FOR THE SPORTSPLEX, IT IS GOING TO BE GENERATED BY THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK, UH, NCS AND US, UH, U TRIPLE S A BASEBALL AND THE SENIOR, UH, SOFTBALL LEAGUE.
I MEAN, THESE ARE NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, RESIDENT TEAMS THAT ARE USING THE FACILITY.
THESE ARE OUTSIDE TEAMS. UH, AND YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, I UNDERSTAND WE HAD A BAD IT, UH, AND WE HAD A BAD AGREEMENT.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT MEAN THEN THAT THERE AREN'T OTHER, OTHER VENDORS THAT COULD COME IN AND BE A GOOD PARTNER WITH THE CITY.
UM, AND THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS, THE CITY HADN'T RUN A SPORTSPLEX BEFORE HADN'T HAD A BIG LEAGUE DREAMS BEFORE.
UM, WELL, WELL NOW WE'VE HAD IT, WE'VE EXPERIENCED, UH, YOU KNOW, W WHAT FAILINGS WE
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AS A CITY DID IN TERMS OF OVERSIGHT.UM, BUT I, I'M ALSO JUST, JUST LOOKING AT THE, THE SPENDING AND I, I'M JUST SEEING THAT IT IS GOING TO BE THIS, THIS MONEY PIT, UH, THAT ISN'T EVER GOING TO GENERATE THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE AND, AND THE RESIDENTS AREN'T GOING TO HAVE ACCESS.
SO, UH, AGAIN, I, I THINK TO, TO ISSUE AN RFE, UH, TO GET OUTSIDE OPERATORS, THE RESTAURANT IS STILL NOT, UH, OPEN IS IN AVAILABLE.
UH, I BELIEVE JUST ALLOWING US TO SEE WHAT, WHAT THAT COULD BE, UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THOSE 11 STAFF MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY ALSO HAVE A PART TO PLAY, UH, OTHER SPACES IN THE CITY.
AND SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE PULL THEM OFF OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S SEWER MAINTENANCE OR STREET REPAIR OR GRAFFITI, YOU KNOW, TO WORK AT THE SPORTSPLEX.
SO, SO THERE'S, UH, A CO A TRADE-OFF.
AND SO, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE US, UH, TO EXPLORE THAT OPTION AGAIN, NOW THAT WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, A YEAR, ALMOST TWO YEARS OF OPERATING THE FACILITY, UH, SEEING WHAT'S OUT THERE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE ACTIVITIES, WHAT ARE THE TOURNAMENTS, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE COSTS, YOU KNOW, UH, NOW SINCE WE'VE OPERATED IT, WE ALSO UNDERSTAND HOW TO OVERSIGHT BETTER.
UH, SO AGAIN, THAT, THAT, UH, IS, IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO ADD.
I'D LIKE TO ADD IN AN AMENDMENT, UH, TO THE BUDGET, UM, THAT THE, THE CITY ISSUE, UH, AN RFP FOR AN OUTSIDE VENDOR TO OPERATE, UH, AND CHANGE THIS SPORTS PLEX, UH, THAT THAT'S ONE AMENDMENT I WANTED TO ADD.
UM, UH, I'D LIKE TO ADD A SECOND AMENDMENT, BUT I GUESS IF WE COULD HAVE THAT, THAT FIRST ONE, WELL, FOR THAT, I MEAN, FROM MY SEAT, WE COULD SEE WHAT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL SAYS.
I'M NOT QUITE READY TO CONSIDER THAT.
I THINK SOME FORM OF MAYBE HYBRID TYPE OF A
BUT, UM, I AGREE WITH A LOT OF YOUR POINTS, I JUST STILL FEEL THE BURN FROM THE PAST POOR AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT THEY GAVE HIM EIGHT FULL QUARTERS OF NO, NO CONTRIBUTION AT THE BEGINNING.
I THINK THAT COMPOUNDED THE PROBLEMS. UM, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO TO GET IT UP TO SPEED.
AND THEN I, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT CAREFULLY, HOW WE WANT TO, UM, OFFER IT UP TO, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHOEVER MIGHT APPLY FOR AN RFP.
I DID HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON MAKE OFFERS, UM, TO ME PRIVATELY, OH, I'LL, I'LL RENT IT FOR X AMOUNT, YOU KNOW, WHICH IT WAS PEANUTS.
UH, AND THEN THEY GO ON FACEBOOK AND SAY, I OFFERED THIS AMOUNT, WHICH IS LIKE 20 TIMES MORE THAN THEY EVER MENTIONED.
UM, SO I THINK THERE'S SOME DISHONESTY GOING ON OUT THERE ABOUT WHAT HAD BEEN OFFERED.
BUT NONETHELESS, I THINK FOR, FOR ME, I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER SOME SORT OF HYBRID, BUT, UM, CAREFULLY, UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON IT? UM, NO, IN REGARDS TO THAT, SO IN CITY OF LA, BUT HE KNOWS GREEK THEATER, IT WAS OPERATED A HUNDRED PERCENT WITH ANOTHER VENDOR.
CITY OF LA TOOK A REC AND REC DEPARTMENT TOOK OVER IT.
UM, IT DID COST US TONS OF MONEY AS YOU KNOW, TO JUST BRING IT UP TO PAR SIMILAR SITUATION, UM, TOOK ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, THREE YEARS.
AND THEN, UM, NOW WE'RE CREATING, WE'RE REVVING, EWING A LOT OF, UH, MONEY IN REGARDS TO THAT.
AND THEY HAVE NO PLANS ON, UM, CONTRACTING THAT, UM, SIMILAR TO THIS, UH, SITUATION SPORTSPLEX IS NOT UP TO PAR.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UH, LIKE I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT THE BATTING CAGE ARE NOT ALL WORKING YET.
BECAUSE PRIOR IT WASN'T WORKING, I MEAN, THOSE ARE EXTRA REVENUES.
I KNOW HERE IN, UM, CITY OF LA FUENTE, BORDER OF WEST COVINA, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BATTING CAGE THERE.
I'D LIKE TO OPERATE THAT ONE THERE.
SO WE HAVE LIKE OUR STUDENTS AND, AND, UM, EVERY IN OUR RESIDENTS TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE SITE.
SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THAT IS IN OPERATION NOW, BUT THE, UM, THE WHOLE SPORTS PLEX IS NOT FULLY UP TO PAR TO SEE THE FULL POTENTIAL, BUT I DO AGREE, UM, POSSIBLY A HYBRID MAYBE TO KIND OF GO WITH THAT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT FULL, UM, OVER.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT, UM, COUNCILMAN ROOM, UH, I DO NOT WANT ANY
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AMENDED BUDGET ON THIS.I WILL MOVE MY MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET LIKE THIS, SO I JUST NEED A SECOND.
UM, SO THERE WAS NO SECOND TO THAT AMENDMENT TO
IT IS SAYING THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BASICALLY PAY FOR ITSELF.
UM, THERE, THERE IS NOT A HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, UH, THAT CURRENTLY, UM, CITY RUN HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT, THAT DOES NOT DIP INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, AGAIN, JUST EVEN LOOKING AT, UH, THE CITY OF PASADENA, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY NEVER GET ENOUGH FUNDING IN ORDER TO OPERATE THEIR, THEIR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THEY HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS IN TERMS OF WHETHER IT'S CUTTING POLICE, UH, CUTTING, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, MAKING CUTS OTHER PLACES IN THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK, UH, IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, WE'VE SPENT, UM, MORE MONEY THAN WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED.
UH, AND I I'D LIKE TO, UM, UH, UM, AMEND THE, THE BUDGET, UH, TO, UM, TO, TO STOP, UM, WITH OUR, UM, PURSUIT OF, UH, WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND, AND TO REMOVE THAT, UH, FROM OUR BUDGET.
DO I HAVE A SECOND TO THAT? I THINK POINT WELL TAKEN.
I, I THINK WE'RE PIONEERS IN THIS REGARD, OBVIOUSLY IN THE STATE, UM, IT'S A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS WE'RE ALLOCATING TO THIS, CERTAINLY.
UM, WELL, LIKE I SAID, PIONEERS IN SOME RISK ASSOCIATED, UM, GIVEN WHAT OCCURRED THE LAST TWO YEARS, I, FROM MY SEAT, I'M PREPARED TO LET, LET THE PROCESS CONTINUE AND SEE IF WE COULD READ, RETHINK THE WAY PUBLIC HEALTH IS ADMINISTERED.
UM, SO I, I SHARE AND UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT EMOTION, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S A SECOND TO THAT.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
WE HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND, WE HAVE A SECOND ROLL CALL.
PLEASE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN, MAYOR PRO TEM DS COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY NO COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILMAN LOPEZ.
FIATO I MAY APPROACH HIM DIAZ.
THEY ARE CUSTOM LENO'S ITEM IS APPROVED FOR ONE.
THAT TAKES US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
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THE END HERE, DO I HAVE ANY OTHER REPORTS, REQUESTS OR COMMENTS FROM ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS? OH, GO AHEAD, COUNSEL.AND I JUST A COMMENT TO OUR POLICE.
I KNOW, AFTER THE SHOOTING, UM, MANY OF THE PARENTS OF THE STUDENTS HERE WERE CONCERNED.
I KNOW OUR POLICE CHIEF, UM, YOU KNOW, PUT OUR OFFICERS OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE TO PUT THE COMMUNITY AT EASE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT DID GO INTO THE OVERTIME BUDGET, BUT IT WAS THAT, UH, ASSURANCE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UM, AFTER THAT INCIDENT, I KNOW THERE WERE OTHER INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED IN OUR CITY AT THE, AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN OUR, IN OUR CITY, BUT OUR POLICE, UH, DID A GREAT JOB IN TAKING CARE OF THOSE SITUATION AND HANDLING ALL THREATS AS A SERIOUS THREAT.
SO, UH, I KNOW PARENTS APPRECIATED THAT, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND, UM, YEAH, I NEVER BIGGEST LOSS THAT SHOOTING AFFECTED US HERE AS WELL.
AND DO I HAVE ANY, ANY OTHER COUNCILMAN ABOUT TWICE? UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, AGAIN, UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, THINK, UH, CHIEF PELL, UH, FOR HIS, UH, RESPONSE, UH, AFTER THE SHOOTING, UH, IN TEXAS, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE BOTH HAVE CHILDREN AT THE SCHOOL, UM, MY EIGHT YEAR OLD AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, FOR THE CHIEF TO MAKE SURE ALL OUR SCHOOLS WERE SAFE THAT DAY.
AND, AND, UH, THE FEW DAYS AFTER, UM, WAS VERY COMFORTING TO THE FAMILIES.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT TODAY, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE WAS TALK ABOUT THINGS WE CAN DO AS A CITY AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
AND I KNOW CHIEF, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, AS IS GOING TO START AGAIN IN AUGUST, YOU'LL HAVE SOMETHING FOR US JUST TO MAKE
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SURE ALL OUR FAMILIES KNOW, UH, THAT WEST COVINA PD, UH, WILL ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY'RE AT SCHOOL.THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS AND ALL THAT GO THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND LOOKING OUT FOR, UM, OUR RESIDENTS AMID TO TRAGEDY THAT OCCURRED AND, UH, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO STAY VIGILANT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WITH THAT? WE'RE ADJOURNED.