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GOOD EVENING.WELCOME TO OUR JULY 19TH, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING I'M AT 7:00 PM.
TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR JOHN LEE FROM ZARA'S CHURCH AND COUNCIL WOMAN LOPEZ V AUTO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO TONIGHT'S IN VOCATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND LOVE ON YOUR CREATION.
WE ESPECIALLY THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY OF WEST CAMINO AND ALL WHO SERVED THE CITY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO LEAD A PLAN, ORGANIZE AND EXECUTE.
WE ALSO THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO ARE WORKING TO KEEP THIS CITY SAFE AND HEALTHY.
AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WE INVITE YOUR PRESENCE AND POWER.
UPON THE SECOND HALF OF 2022, WE PRAY FOR A PEACE AND UNITY UPON OUR COMMUNITY.
AS WE DEAL WITH UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES OF WITH COVID THE PANDEMIC ECONOMIC INSTABILITY, THE EXTREME CLIMATE RISING CRIMES, AND RELIVE THOSE WHO ARE HUNGRY OR UNEMPLOYED AND DISPLACED.
AND WE PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE DEALING WITH THE SICKNESS, THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, AND WE PRAY FOR PROTECTION UPON THOSE WHO WORK ON THE FRONT LINE, THE FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE HOSPITAL, PEACE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS.
AND AS WE START THIS MEETING AND GAVE EACH PERSON CLARITY, COMPASSION, AND CREATIVITY, GIVE THEM LISTENING, EARS AND THOUGHTFUL WORDS.
GIVE THEM A PRESENCE OF MIND AND OPEN HEART.
AND WE PRAY ALL THIS IN THE MIGHTY NAME.
PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER
AND, UH, UH, DAVID CARMEN AND MANAGER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I KNOW YOU'RE ABOUT TO CALL FOR THE C TERMS REPORT.
AND AS YOU DO SAY, MAY I INTRODUCE BRITTANY ROBERTO, WHO IS FROM OUR LAW FIRM JOHNSON MAYOR, UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEYS ON VACATION TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT BRITTANY DOES A BEAUTIFUL JOB FOR US BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT TONIGHT YOU GET TO SEE HER.
SHE GOES OUR PROCESSES, INTEGRITY, AND WE WELCOME HER.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING TO REPORT MR. MAYOR.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PRESENTATION
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SECTION.THE FIRST PRESENTATION WILL BE REGARDING A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO WEST COVINA RESIDENTS FOR LIFE-SAVING DEEDS.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR FIRE CHIEF VINCE CAPELLI TO THE FRONT, PLEASE.
GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR COUNT OR GOOD EVENING.
IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY IT'S MAYOR COUNCIL AND STAFF CITIZENS.
UH, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY HERE TODAY.
THE, UM, WEST FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CITY MANAGER CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME CITIZENS FOR A LIFESAVING EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE ON JULY 2ND.
SO AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT'S BETTER THAN ME.
CAN I GET, UH, JOSE ARIEL AND A SCHENGEN? SO QUICK STORY.
WHAT HAPPENED IS ON JULY 2ND, AROUND SEVEN O'CLOCK, UM, SAVANT CAR AND SEAN DID, WERE SWIMMING IN THE POOL AT THE, UH, CROWN POINT APARTMENTS, OFTEN NELSON OVER IN, UH, AZUSA FAIR GROVE AREA.
AND THERE WAS SOME DIFFICULTIES WHILE THEY WERE SWIMMING AND THEY GOT
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TRAPPED IN THE WATER AND NEED SOME HELP GETTING OUT THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS STARTED SCREAMING AND YELLING FOR HELP, WHICH AT WHAT TIME JOSE'S WIFE ALERTED HIM AND SAID, YOU NEED TO HELP THESE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE POOL.SO JOSE JUMPED THE FENCE AND JUMPED IN TO START SAVING THESE TWO GENTLEMEN AT WORK THAT WERE DROWNING IN THE POOL.
AT WHICH TIME, ARIEL, WHO WAS IN HER APARTMENT, SHE WAS COOKING DINNER, FAMILY NOTICED THAT WAS GOING ON TOO.
AND, UH, AT THAT POINT WE PULLED THEM OUT, HELP THEM GET THEM GONE.
ARIEL JUMPED INTO THE BOTTOM POOL AND PULLED OUT SEVEN CAR WHO WAS NOT BREATHING.
IT WAS NOT BREATHING AND HAVING MUCH DIFFICULTY AND NO PULSE.
SO AT THAT POINT, UM, ARIEL BEGAN CPR TO WHICH AFTER JOSE HELPED PULL HIM OUT AS WELL AFTER BEING SAVED, HE JUMPED IN AND STARTED DOING MOUTH TO MOUTH ON HIS FAMILY MEMBER.
SO WITHIN A FEW MINUTES, FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES LATER AT ENGINE FOUR AND RESCUE FOUR ARRIVED.
AND AFTER THE GREAT JOB, THESE TWO HEROES DID, WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSPORT, UM, SAVANT CAR TO THE HOSPITAL, TO WHICH, AS YOU CAN SEE COMPLETE RECOVERY AND DOING GREAT SO I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S, IT'S A TESTAMENT TO SEEING SOMETHING AND ACTING AND HELPING PEOPLE AND GOOD SAMARITANS.
WE DON'T SEE IT EVERY DAY, BUT I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR AMAZING JOB YOU DID AND SAVING THESE TWO GENTLEMEN.
THEY'RE HERE WITH THEIR FAMILIES FOREVER.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM SOME SWIM LESSONS I HOPE.
SO, UH, WE'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING TO SMEAR, JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR KIND ACTS AND YOUR EVERYTHING YOU DID TO SAVE THEIR LIVES.
I HOPE EVERYONE WOULD DO THE SAME THING FOR ANY ANYBODY ELSE THEY SEE IN NEED.
AND, UM, CONGRATULATIONS FOR DOING WHAT YOU DID.
JOSE ROMERO IN APPRECIATION OF THE EXCEPTIONAL HEROISM DEMONSTRATED ON JULY 2ND OF THIS YEAR WHILE SAVING THE LIFE OF A FELLOW CITIZEN.
PLEASE ACCEPT THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FROM THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FROM ALL OF US HERE AND FOR ARIEL MARTINEZ, SAME THING.
AND PLEASE ACCEPT THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FROM ALL OF US.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF STATE, SENATOR SUSAN RUBIO.
WE ALSO HEARD ABOUT YOUR LIFE-SAVING EFFORTS.
WE ALSO HEARD ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL STORY AND WE TOO WANTED TO BE HERE TO SAY, THIS IS, THIS IS GOING AMAZING STORY.
THIS IS HEROIC, AND WE ARE SO GLAD YOU'RE BOTH HERE TODAY WITH US.
SO WE WANTED TO PRESENT CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO THE TWO OF YOU AS WELL ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
WELL, I JUST WANT TO THINK GOD, YOU KNOW, GOD IS ALWAYS, UH, UH, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD FOR EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IN THE WORLD.
AND THEY JUST WANT TO THANK GOD THAT HE WAS THERE FOR, FOR ME AND FOR THEM AND FOR OUR FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, UH, TO PROTECT US IN AT THE TIME THAT THAT THING HAPPENED.
JUST WANT TO THANK HIM SO MUCH THAT I WAS ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, REACT, YOU KNOW, WITH MY FAMILY AS WELL, GAVE ME THE, YOU KNOW, THE STRENGTH TO, YOU KNOW, TO DO WHAT I, WHAT I DID FOR THEM.
AND JUST BY LOOKING AT THEM, IT JUST GIVES ME THE CHILLS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CONTINUE THEIR LIVES.
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YES.UM, AND NOW COMING FROM OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, I THINK CHIEF COMPEL SHOULD CONSIDER AERIAL FOR A FIREFIGHTERS FIRE, FIRE WOMEN.
NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO A PROCLAMATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO WEST COVINA RESIDENCE.
THAT WAS, UM, UH, THAT WAS A TYPO.
UM, THIS ONE IS FOR JULY AS PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTH.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROXANNE LERMER TO THE FRONT, PLEASE.
BEFORE WE MOVE ANY FURTHER, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO FIRST INTRODUCE OUR COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE WITH US THIS EVENING TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD OUR COMMISSIONERS FROM OUR SENIOR AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION.
YEAH, REALLY? WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS FIRST AND FOREMOST IS JUST A THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THIS COMMUNITY IN YOUR VISIONS, IN YOUR TALENT AND YOUR OPINIONS AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS BY ALWAYS LOOKING TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALWAYS LOOKING TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY'S BEST INTEREST AT HEART WHEN IT COMES TO PROGRAMMING AND PARKS.
UM, WHAT THE OTHER PART THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE FOR YOU TO DO IS TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
SO I WILL BEGIN WITH OUR CHAIR.
I'M THE CHAIR FOR THE SENIOR AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION.
AND I'M GLAD TO CELEBRATE, UH, PARKS AND REC MONTH.
AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO USE OUR PARKS.
WE JUST HAVE A NEW ONE IN FRIENDSHIP PARK AND ALSO, UM, AS EVERYONE'S SHIRTS SAY PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER.
SO, UM, ENCOURAGE USAGE AND I THANK ROXANNE AND THE CITY STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY DO.
I'M A COMMISSIONER, JENNIFER GUTIERREZ.
I'M A 35 YEAR RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
I LOVE THE PARKS AND I'M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF.
HI, I'M GAIL MASON, AND I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT TAKES CARE OF THEM AND MAINTAINS THEM.
SO BE THERE, BRING YOUR KIDS AND YOUR GRANDKIDS JUST LIKE I DID.
I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF THE SENIOR AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION.
AND I, TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO TO THE PARKS, LOOK AT THE NEW, UM, EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE INSTALLED ON SO MANY AND WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE GOOD THINGS COMING AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING US AND RESPECT YOUR PARKS.
BUT ALSO LIKE TO INVITE UP OUR STUFF FROM THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION, UM, WHICH IS PART OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENTS THEY'LL COME ON DOWN.
DO YOU GUYS ARE OUR HEROES? YOU, YOU MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN.
YOU PUT YOUR ENERGY, YOUR ENTHUSED.
WE HAVE ONE MORE, COME ON DOWN, SHERRY, SHERRY.
I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
MAYBE YOU SPLIT THEM HALF AND A HALF.
I AM SHERRY FISHER AND I AM A LONG-TERM RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT ALMOST A YEAR NOW.
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AT ALL.AS I WAS SAYING, NO, YOU'RE FINE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR ENERGY, YOUR ENTHUSIASM, YOUR IDEAS, AND ALWAYS BEING PRESENT.
WHEN YOU COME TO WORK, YOU'RE NOT JUST SHOWING UP, YOU'RE PRESENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
YOU'RE PRESENT FOR YOUR VOLUNTEERS.
AND FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS THINKING OF THE COMMUNITY AND LOOKING TO TOUCH EVERY LIFE, UM, TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT IT, PLEASE? THANK YOU, ROXANNE.
AND THANK YOU TO OUR COMMISSIONERS AND TO ALL OF OUR CITY STAFF FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
SO IN HONOR OF, UH, PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTH FROM THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, HONOR YOU AND, UM, SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
I WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE STAFF STAFF.
I THINK THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE ON ALL THE EVENT YOU HELPING US LIKE A SUMMER COUNSELOR.
A SPRING FESTIVAL AND THE OLDEST SENIOR AND A WATER SPORT.
NOW WE HAVE A LOT, A LOT OF HAPPY RESIDENT FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THE RESIDENT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE TALKED TO YOU, YOU NOT IN BUS, SMILING AND HELPING THE RESIDENT HELPING ME.
AND, UH, AND I WANT, I CAN NOT SHOW MORE APPRECIATION.
ALL OF OUR STAFF, WE ALLOW YOU, WE DON'T HAVE A CT AND WE DON'T HAVE A SERVICE.
SO GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE IS HELPING PEOPLE TOGETHER, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND IF I MAY MAYOR AND THE REST IS D COUNCIL, UM, OUR STAFF ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER A SHORT VIDEO, A SLIGHT SHOW, IF YOU WILL, OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS SUMMER FOR THE COMMUNITY.
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THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL VIDEO.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR CITY STAFF FOR DOING EVERYTHING YOU DO, AND FOR OUR COMMISSIONERS FOR COMING OUT.
AND NOW THAT'LL TAKE US TO OUR PRESENTATION FROM OUR SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CONSERVATION CORPS, LIKE TO INVITE NORMA CAN YONAS UP PLEASE.
MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
MY NAME IS NORMA QUINONEZ AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CONSERVATION CORPS.
WE'RE HERE TO, UM, I'M HERE WITH MY TEAM THAT IS, UH, SITTING DOWN THERE AND WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU A PROJECT UPDATE.
WE CAME HERE LATE LAST YEAR AND PRESENTED ON A POTENTIAL PROJECT.
AND, UH, WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SO FAR.
SO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO, I THINK IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, AND THANK YOU.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OUTREACH, WHO WE ARE, UH, THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, UM, AND ALSO GIVE YOU A REPORT ON AZUSA TIMELINES COSTS.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT AVENUES.
SO WHO, WHO ARE WE? SO WE ARE A JOB TRAINING PROGRAM.
WE'RE A 5 0 1 C3, UH, LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION LOCATED IN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
WE PROVIDE JOB TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, YOUTH THAT ARE AT RISK BETWEEN AGES 16 TO, UH, SORRY, 18 TO 26.
UH, WE PROVIDE, UM, INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED, UM, TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS, SUCH AS TRAFFIC CONTROL, OPERATIONS, TREE PLANTING, CHAINSAW, BOBCAT BURST AID, OSHA 10.
UM, BASICALLY WE'RE PREPARING THE YOUTH FOR THE WORKFORCE AND EMPOWERING THEM, GIVING THEM THE CONFIDENCE SO THAT THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYEES.
UH, WE SPECIALIZE IN LAST GAME CONSTRUCTION, UM, UH, PUBLICLY OWNED LANDS, SUCH AS PARKS, PARKWAYS, AND MEDIANS.
UH, WE DESIGN AND BUILD ALL OF OUR PROJECTS IN HOUSE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF VICES CONTRACTORS AND OUR CLIENTS LET'S FACE.
SO RECENTLY YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN US AT SOME AT YOUR CONCERTS IN THE PARK.
SO WE'VE BEEN COMING OUT TO REALLY JUST EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE MEDIUMS. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE BEING SEEN BY A LOT OF THE COMMUTERS.
UM, I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL SEEN US THERE AS WELL.
AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHO WE ARE AND, UM, AND WE PLAN TO ATTEND, UM, SOME CAREER FAIRS IN THE FALL AND WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CITY, UH, ON THOSE CAREER FAIRS AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN CREATE SOME PIPELINES AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, WHICH BY THE WAY, A LOT OF THEM ARE COMING FROM THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
SO WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT, UH, WE ARE PUBLISHING A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, WHICH YOU ALL SHOULD RECEIVE IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, AND THAT'S A WAY FOR US TO KEEP THE, UM, COMMUNITY WEST COVINA INFORMED ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHO WE ARE.
UM, SO WE'LL BE, UM, DISTRIBUTE THAT EVERY MONTH SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, AND TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IT'S HARD FOR US TO DEBRIEF PEOPLE WHEN WE'RE WORKING IN THE MEDIAN.
SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND ALSO ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, UM, INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK AS WELL, WE'VE BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF CONTENT ON THERE AS WELL.
UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT OUR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, PLEASE CALL AS WE PUT OUR NUMBER.
UM, THIS WAS ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, BUT BASICALLY WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENROLL IN A PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TRAINING, UM, THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND WE PLAN TO HOPEFULLY, UM, BE TABLING MORE WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, PERHAPS AT THE MALL SO THAT WE CAN, UM, ATTRACT THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE TO OUR PROGRAM.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, AS SHE WAS SHARING OR THEY WERE SHARING IS OUR NEWSLETTER.
SO YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, AND BASICALLY WE HAVE SOME ALL OUTSIDE ALSO IN THE FRONT LOBBY AND THE TABLE.
UH, SO IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT PROJECT, FEEL FREE TO GRAB A NEWSLETTER AS WELL.
AND IT HAS ALL OF OUR CONTACT INFORMATION, UM, AND DESCRIBES, UH, THE PROJECT IN DETAIL.
SO GOING ON THE PROJECT APPROVAL TIMELINE, UM, OCTOBER 5TH, UH, TO 2021,
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WE MET WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND ACCOUNTS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, AND WE DISCUSS A POTENTIAL PROJECT, UM, PRESENT A CONCEPTS ON SEVEN AVENUES.THIS IS A GLENDORA VINCENT'S UNSENT GRANT EMR, AND WAS GIVING UP PARKWAY ON OCTOBER 15TH.
THERE WAS AN ACTUAL, UH, SORRY, A COUNCIL ACTION MEETING, WHICH WE RECEIVED APPROVAL.
UM, AT THAT TIME IRRIGATION WAS NOT INCLUDED, BUT I JUST SEE LATER ON IN THE TIMELINE, IT WAS, UM, ADDED TO THE PROJECT SCOPE.
UH, BUT ON NOVEMBER 1ST WE ENTERED IN A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
UM, SO THAT WAS, UM, ON NOVEMBER 1ST AND THEN NOVEMBER 9TH, WE HAD OUR GROUNDBREAKING, WHICH I BELIEVE MOST OF Y'ALL OVER THERE.
AND, UH, IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO KICK OFF THE PROJECT.
UM, WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE CITY STAFF CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UH, AND THEN WE DID HAVE A MEETING RECENTLY, UH, JUNE 30TH TO REVIEW THE PROJECT SCOPE TO TALK ABOUT THE COST OF IRRIGATION AND ALSO, UM, JUST THE OVERALL BUDGET AND, UH, TALK ABOUT NEW SCOPE ON THE PROJECT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE NOW SEUSSICAL, ANDORRA, AND VINCENT.
UH, SO THIS HAS BEEN OUR CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE, UM, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND ABOUT, UH, THE YOUTH THAT ARE IN OUR PROGRAM, THEY'RE ALL LEARNING, THEY'RE ALL WORKING WITH A CREW SUPERVISOR.
THE RATIO IS ONE SUPERVISOR TO FOUR PARTICIPANTS.
UM, THEY'RE LEARNING WHILE THEY'RE TRAINING AT THE SAME TIME.
SO THEY'RE LEARNING HOW TO USE TOOLS.
PERHAPS WE DO A LOT OF THE STUFF OFFSITE, BUT THEN WHEN IT GETS TO ON THE JOB, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING, YOU KNOW, UM, THEIR HANDS DIRTY AND DOING THE WORK.
AND IT DOESN'T COMPARE RIGHT WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY OFFSITE COMPARED TO WHEN YOU'RE ON THE, ON THE SITE.
SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS OF MANY THINGS.
OF COURSE, SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE THING.
UM, AND THEN JUST, UM, EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME, A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.
UH, BUT WE STARTED, UM, I THINK THERE WAS A TYPO HERE IS THIS TWO 40, BUT WAS ACTUALLY 12, 14.
UM, AND SO IT JUST BREAKS DOWN THE MEDIAN.
SO MEDIAN 17, A, UM, WHICH IS, UM, CAMERA AND ALL THE WAY TO VINE.
WE FINISHED THAT ON THREE, FOUR WITH 435 PLANTS.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE MEDIA IN 8, 18, 19, A 1,516, A, UM, 11, 12 AND 13, EIGHT, UM, EIGHT, NINE AND 10 A, UH, WHICH WE'RE ACTUALLY FINALIZING AND WE'LL BE HOPEFULLY COMPLETING BY THE 29TH.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE, UH, STARTING WITH GLENDORA.
WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING A WALK THROUGH RIGHT NOW TO KIND OF GET ALL THE PREP WORK GOING ON THAT, UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT ALL OF THE MEDIUMS HERE ALL HAVE NOW DRIP IRRIGATION.
UM, AND IT'S A GOOD THING, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE, UM, WATER DROUGHT.
SO AS WE STARTED THE PROJECT BACK IN NOVEMBER, WE HAVE, I CAN MENTION BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY STAFF AND WE'VE BASICALLY HAD TO HAVE SOME INFILL ADJUSTMENTS.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE KINDA CAME ACROSS WAS, UM, OLD AS-BUILTS, UH, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, UH, RECLAIMED WATER ONLY ON 20% OF THE MEDIANS IRRIGATION NEEDED RETROFITTING, UH, VARIED, ELECTRICITY STATUS AND MEDIANS.
UM, BUT WE FORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE, UM, THOSE CHALLENGES PERHAPS, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM MAY BE A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT WE'RE, UH, WORKING WITH THE CITY AND ALSO WITH OUR, OUR SUBCONTRACTORS AS WELL, UH, EXAMPLES OF CITY AND STBC COLLABORATION.
UM, THE CITY HELPED US WITH OUR INITIAL TRAFFIC CLOSURE, WHICH WAS AWESOME.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, THAT REALLY GAVE THE YOUTH, UM, JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK CLOSELY WITH CITY STAFF.
AND, UM, AGAIN, WE WERE EXPOSING THESE YOUTH TO, WHICH IS A PRETTY DANGEROUS TASK, UM, BUT WE GOT IT DOWN NOW.
SO WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
THEY ALL WENT THROUGH TRAINING AND, UM, WE'RE MET HER.
UH, WE HELPED WITH THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON A SOUSA.
UM, WE HELPED WITH SOME SOUL DISPOSAL AND THE CITY ADDED 220 NEW CREPE MYRTLES TO CENTER MEDIANS.
THIS, THIS WAS ZIMMER SAID, SO YOU'VE BEEN DRIVING DOWN THAT, UM, THAT MEDIAN, YOU CAN LOOK TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ACTUALLY, YOU'RE GOING TO, UM, SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTERS.
SO THE BEFORE AND AFTER, SO SUSAN CAMERON, AS, AS IN CAMERON AND, UM, A SUSAN MINE, AND IT GIVES YOU THE DATES THAT WE TOOK THE PICTURES AND THERE THEY'RE LOOKING BEAUTIFUL.
UM, SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS GOING TO SHOW YOU A PLAN TEAM PLAN, UM, OF MEDIANS OF NORTH OF CAMERON AVENUE.
SO THIS IS HOW WE FIGURE OUT WHAT PLANTS ARE GOING TO BE GOING ON THE GROUND.
UM, AND SO WE DO THIS FOR EVERY MEDIAN CAUSE WE HAVE TO DETERMINE HOW MANY PLANTS, WHAT KIND OF PLANTS
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ALL NEED TO BE PURCHASED.AND SPEAKING OF PLANTS, UH, PLANTS HAVE A SOUSA.
THE PLANT PALLET FOR THE PROJECT WAS PROVIDED BY JR ENGINEERING, INLAND DEVELOPMENT, UM, ON A REPORT, UH, FROM JULY 30TH, 2021, THE PLANT PALLIATE OFFERS A ROWBOAT ROBUST COLOR FOR A WA WATER-WISE LANDSCAPE SUITABLE FOR CALIFORNIA.
ONCE ESTABLISHED THESE PLANTS WORK REQUIRE LITTLE TO NO WATER TO THRIVE, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANTED AND THAT THEY LAST FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
SO, UM, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS LIGHT HERE.
I THINK I AM BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT OUR MISSION IS ABOUT, IS WORKING WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND BEING ABLE TO, UM, COMPLETE PROJECTS OR WORK WITH CITIES AND BE ABLE TO SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTERS.
UM, AND JUST THE TRANSFORMATION THAT WE SEE FROM THE YOUNG PEOPLE COMING IN FROM THE FIRST DAY TO THE TIME THAT THEY'RE DONE WITH OUR PROGRAM.
UM, BUT THROUGH THIS, UH, CONTRACT, WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE 50 AT-RISK YOUTH, WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT SEVEN TO 10 WEST COVINA RESIDENTS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND WE WANT TO BRING MORE, UM, THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO BE TABLING AND DOING SOME MORE OUTREACH THAT WE CAN BRING THEM MORE, MORE WEST COVINA YOUTH.
UH, WE'VE PLANTED OVER 24 DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS, UM, INSTALLED DRIP IRRIGATION.
UM, WE HAVE, WE INSTALLED IT'S 4,179 LINEAR FEET OF DRIP IRRIGATION SO FAR, AND WE'VE ADDED 10 FEMALES TO OUR WORKFORCE, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.
AND YOU SEE CONSERVING ENERGY EDUCATING YOUTH IS THAT IN A DAY WE ARE EDUCATING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
UM, SO OUR JOB TRAINING PROGRAM IS A WORK AND LEARN, EARN MODEL.
SO WHILE THEY'RE WORKING OUT AT THE JOB SITE, THEY'RE GETTING PAID.
SO IT'S AN INCENTIVE SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COMING TO THE JOB SITE EVERY DAY OR TO, UM, TO THE PROGRAM.
A LOT OF OUR YOUTH ARE FACING A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
UM, THEY COULD BE FACING HOMELESSNESS.
THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, UM, PERHAPS THEY HAVE, THEY DON'T HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE, THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS IT.
THEY HAVE TICKETS, MAYBE THEY'RE ON PROBATION.
SO WE WANT TO HELP ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
AND THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, WE PROVIDE INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT.
SO THE CASE MANAGERS WORKING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL TO HELP REDUCE BARRIERS.
SO THAT BY THE TIME THEY'RE DONE WITH OUR PROGRAM, THEY ARE JOB READY AND WE'RE HOPING TO WORK WITH THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN, UM, PERHAPS HAVE SOME OF OUR YOUTH BE HIRED WITH, WITH THEIR CITY.
THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO SHOWCASE FOR THE YOUTH TO SHOWCASE THEMSELVES AND FOR THE CITY STAFF TO BE ABLE TO SEE, HEY, THESE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD, YOU KNOW, YOUTH, WE WANT TO BRING ONTO OUR TEAM.
SO, UH, THROUGH THE PROGRAM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, TRAIN THEM IN, SITTING IN TRAFFIC CLOSURES, TRENCHING, MAINLAND IRRIGATION, PLANTING, AND THEN ALSO READING, UH, PLANTING PLANS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY AWESOME THING.
SO I WANTED TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT MALIQUE IS 25.
UM, SO MALIQUE CAME TO OUR PROGRAM.
UM, HE ACTUALLY, UM, WAS FACING HOMELESSNESS.
HE IS A, UH, RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA AND, UM, THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE, THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO SAM.
I'M A HARD WORKER AND I LOVE WORK, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT LITTLE GLITCH THERE.
UH, BUT HE IS REALLY ENJOYING THIS PROJECT.
HE'S A VERY HANDS-ON INDIVIDUAL.
AND HE, UM, HE IS OUR, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT, WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.
AND WE WANT TO BRING MORE WAS COMMITTING YOUTH TO THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THEY FEEL A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP WHEN THEY ARE WORKING OUT THERE AND DOING THE WORK.
THEY SEE THE PROGRESS, THE BEGINNING TO THE END, YOU KNOW, YEARS FROM NOW, THEY CAN COME BACK AND SAY, I DID THIS WORK I WAS DOING, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
SO THEY, THEY TAKE GREAT OWNERSHIP IN THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
UH, AND WE HAVE MORE OF THOSE.
UM, MORE OF THOSE YOUTH, WE WILL BE SHARING SOME SUCCESS STORIES AND HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF OUR CORE MEMBERS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.
SO FEEL FREE TO, UH, FOLLOW US SO THAT YOU CAN SEE, UM, AND KIND OF LEARN MORE ABOUT SOME OF THESE OTHER, OTHER YOUTH.
UM, SO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, OUR COSTS.
UM, SO THE, THIS IS FOR THE AZUSA AVENUE.
SO, SO FAR THE COSTS THERE, YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE'VE BROKEN IT DOWN PER MEDIAN.
UM, WE'VE PRETTY GIVE YOU, GIVE YOU PRETTY GOOD INFORMATION ON HERE AND BROKE IT DOWN AS TO THE NUMBER OF PLANTS, YOU KNOW, WATER-TYPE ET CETERA, COST PER SQUARE FOOT.
SO THIS IS FOR YOUR REFERENCE.
AND THEN, UM, NEXT SLIDE, PROGRESS MAP.
UM, SO STBC HAS BEGUN WORK ON THE LAST THREE MEETINGS OF AZUSA AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED AT THE END OF JULY.
THE FINAL MEETING OF AZUSA IS LOCATED, UM, BY THE 10 FREEWAY OFF THE RAMPS.
UM, AND GIVEN US LOCATION, A TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO ENSURE SAFETY OF OUR CREW AND OUR COMMUTERS BECAUSE IT'S TOO CLOSE TO THE FREEWAY.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN STAY SAFE, UH, THE NEXT AVENUES WILL, UH, BE, UH, BE ON GLENDORA AVENUE, WHICH WERE PREDICTED TO START ON 7 25
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AND THEN HOP OVER TO VINCENT AVENUE.ONCE GLENDORA IS COMPLETED, UH, WE ALSO PROVIDED YOU WITH THE GLENDORA ESTIMATE, SEEMS LIKE THERE'S MIGHT BE A LITTLE GLITCH ON THE PRESENTATION, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE A CLEAN COPY.
UM, SO THAT'S THE PROJECTED ESTIMATION OF THE COST THAT IT'S GOING TO COST US TO DO WHAT GLENDORA.
AND THEN THE NEXT, UM, AT THE END HAS BEEN SENT, WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ESTIMATED COSTS THERE.
SO IN TOTAL, WE CAN GO BACK ONE SLIDE, THE COST OF BEAUTIFICATION SO FAR WITH THE AMOUNT AWARDED IN THE CONTRACT, WHICH WAS 1.5 IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO COVER AZUSA, GLENDORA AND VINCENT, WHICH, UH, THE TOTAL TOTAL IS ONE POINT 0.4 E 101.489 FOURTH DEGREE, ALMOST A 1.5.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTION COUNCILOR, WU.
I THINK AS SOON AS, UH, WHEN, UH, LOOK BEAUTIFUL, I THINK WE SOLD THIS AGAIN, LANDSCAPING AND A BEAUTIFUL TREE AND IT'S WEIGHTY ENTICE AND TIRE OUR CT BECAUSE A SUICIDE IS A NOSE IN SOUTH.
SO THE NICE, VERY IMPORTANT FOR ON TWO, 10 TO 60.
SO EVERYBODY GOES TO A SUICIDE.
SO, SO IT IS KIND OF, UH, OUR MAJORS.
SO I THINK THERE'S A NICE QUESTION IS I S EVERY TIME IT DRIVES THROUGH ALL THE I SEE IS NICE, BUT I SEE THE TREE KIND OF PLAYING VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, TREAT GIRL.
IT GROW HUGE BECAUSE IT LOOK LIKE THEY, THEY LOOK NICE.
THEY HAVE A RED FLOWER, BUT WHERE THEY GROW BIG CREPE, MYRTLE TREES AND THE TREE WITH A RED FLOWER, THEY LIKE, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
THAT WILL BE, UH, THEY TELL HIM THEY GO TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
SO WHEN WE DO THE PLANTING PLAN, THOSE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SAID TO AUTHORIZE, WON'T GO TOO HUGE TO CLOUD.
SO ON THAT TREE HERE, WE HAVE SALINE AND YOU CAN HELP SOMEONE OUT REAL QUICK.
SHE IS OUR, UM, COME SELENA, YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT, SEE ALL THESE TREES AND THEY, THEY HAVE A RED FLOWER NOW, BUT THEY LOOK VERY NICE NOW, BUT I DON'T KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER WITH THE OVERGROWN.
UM, SO I'M SITTING HERE, I'M THE LANDSCAPE DESIGNER FOR THE PROJECT.
SO THOSE TREES WERE ACTUALLY ADDED BY THE WEST COAST ARBORISTS, CORRECT.
SO WE DIDN'T INSTALL THOSE TREES.
THOSE TREES ARE A WONDERFUL ADDITION, BUT I DO AGREE WITH YOU.
THEY'RE VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
SO, BECAUSE I PLAN MY, MY HOUSE.
AND FOR 20 YEARS, THAT TRICKLED TO LIKE 30 FEET.
AND I HAVE TO TRAIN ALL THE TIME.
THERE MAY BE, UH, LOOK VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
AM I RIGHT? THAT WHEN A TREE GROW PIG, THERE ARE PRETTY CLOSE, MORE THAN PREFERRED, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE TOO DETRIMENTAL TO THE TREE AS LONG AS THEY GET PRUNED BY ARBORISTS.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE ROOTS? THE ROOTS.
SO THEY ACTUALLY IS SMALL TREES.
SO IT WON'T HAVE THAT MUCH IMPACT.
NORMALLY YOU, IF YOU PLAN, YOU PLAN THE FOOD TREE, YOU TALK, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT 12 FEET TO UPON, BUT THERE'S ENOUGH FOOD TO GROW BIG.
IT LOOKED NICE, BUT NEXT YEAR OR TWO YEARS LATER, WHETHER IT BE OVERGROWN AND MANY, YOU DO PLANT SO MANY TREE, THEN YOU HAVE THE TREE MAINTENANCE.
SO IT'S ALWAYS, THAT'D BE A, AN ISSUE BECAUSE WE, OUR APPROVAL BASICALLY IS, UH, OKAY.
VEGETATION IS A WATER TOLERANT IT LOOK NICE.
AND IN OUR CT TREAT LOOK NICE, BUT TO CONCERNS OVER THERE, WOULD THEY BE TOO CLOSE, GROW BIG AND THE FUTURE MAINTENANCE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NOT INCLUDING WITH YOU.
SO IT'S NOT YOUR, OH, SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY FROM ANOTHER PROJECT.
CORRECT? SAID HE PLANTED 200 TREES ALL ALONG A SOUSA AVENUE.
AND I BELIEVE SOME ON GLENDORA AND ELSEWHERE, BECAUSE YOU PLAN TO TREAT THE PARK WHERE THEY TREAT YOU BY SURPRISE FOR US AS WELL.
SO YOU GOT SURPRISED TO SEE, I HAVE A GOOD QUESTION.
SO, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION, LET ME, LET ME LOOK INTO THIS AND SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
SO, SO THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE ENGINEERING DESIGN THAT YOU REFERENCED.
OUR CITY MANAGER WILL RESEARCH.
SO, SO IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE TREE, ANOTHER PROJECT COME IN AND MAYBE SHE'LL BE OKAY AND RESPOND TO THE CITY MANAGER BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO PLANT A TREE.
THEN YOU HAVE TO REMOVE THE TREE AND WHAT'S A WASTE.
A MANPOWER'S AND THE SAME TIME, WHAT THE FUTURE WILL, WILL, WILL STAY
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WITH THEM.SO, SO WE HAVE TO CONSENT FOR THE MAINTENANCE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
MAYOR PRO TEM SORT OF MAKE A COMMENT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT AZUSA DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE DESERT ANYMORE, YOU KNOW, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET THINGS DONE FOR THE OTHER STREETS THAN DORA AVENUE AND VINCENT.
I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY BE NICE.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT IT'S JUST THE, AND WOOL FRESH AIR.
AND WE'LL COME BACK AND GIVE YOU ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THE NEXT MEDIA NORTH, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TWO.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. MAYOR.
NO ONE WOULD COMPLAIN, BUT I KIND OF SLOW ON THE PROGRESS.
CAN YOU BE A LITTLE BIT FAST? SO, SO I UNDERSTAND, UM, WE ALSO WISH THAT CAN BE A LOT FASTER, BUT WITH A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE IN TRAINING, IT TAKES SOMETIMES TWICE AS LONG TO BE, IF YOU WERE TO GET A CONTRACTOR THEY'RE GOING TO COME AND JUST IN AND OUT FOR US IS WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE STAYING SAFE, THEY'RE USING THE, YOU KNOW, THE TOOLS PROPERLY.
UM, SO, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH, UM, WITH THE LABOR BOARD.
SO THEY HAVE TO TAKE BREAKS AND LUNCH.
BUT, UH, WE ALSO HAVE WANT TO BE SAFE, BUT WE WANT TO FINISH THE PROJECT AND WE WILL.
SO MAJORITY OF OUR YOUTH ARE ALREADY YEAH.
THEY ALREADY EXPERIENCED AND THEY WERE TRAINED AS MANY AS WE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF JUST BE A LITTLE BIT FASTER.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MR.
IF WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE WEST COAST ARBORIST, UM, CAN COME AND PRESENT TO US ABOUT THE TREES ON THE MEDIANS AT AZUSA AND, UH, SHARE THEIR, THEIR EXPERT OPINION ON, UM, MAINTENANCE FOR FUTURE AND WHY THEY DECIDED TO PLANT THEM THE WAY THEY DID.
AND SO THE RESIDENTS CAN FEEL SECURE THAT, UH, DOWN THE LINE.
WE'RE NOT CHOPPING DOWN A BUNCH OF TREES ON AZUSA.
AND I WILL LOOK INTO THAT AS PROMISED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SEEING NONE.
I'M HAPPY TO SEE HOW IT'S COMING ALONG AND HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE TRAINING IS ACCELERATING THEIR EFFORT.
BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND, UH, ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY OF SOMEONE THAT WAS, UM, WE, WE GOT AN EMAIL REQUESTING THIS, SO I'LL READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
SHE HAS ONE DAUGHTER NAMED VICTORIA.
SHE WAS BORN IN MANHATTAN, NEW YORK ON MAY 6TH, 1937.
SHE ENJOYED AN ACTIVE, SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN CONCERT AND OPERA IN NEW YORK CITY.
DIVA CAME TO WEST, CAME TO HOLLYWOOD TO START IN THE SCREEN VERSION OF RIGOLETTO.
SINCE THEN SHE HAS BECOME EQUALLY.
WELL-KNOWN HERE SINGING THE LI LEAD ROLES IN 22 OPERAS, PAULA BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL OPERA AND CONCERT STAR ON THREE CONTINENTS.
SHE RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS, INCLUDING THE 1985 WOMAN OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE LA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR TEACHING CHILDREN TO SING.
PAULA IS AN ACCOMPLISHED OIL PAINTER AND HAS BEEN A VOCAL COACH FOR 40 YEARS.
LONG-TERM WEST COVINA RESIDENT.
ONE OF PAULA'S QUOTES WAS, I AM GRATEFUL.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW MY DREAM AND SHARE THAT JOY WITH SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
SO IN HER HONOR, WE ADJOURNED THE MEETING TODAY.
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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMITTED TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? I HAVE SEVEN SPEAKER CARDS THIS EVENING.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS HERMAN FOLLOWED BY MIKE GREENSPAN, FOLLOWED BY LC MESMAN COVID PROTECTION.
WELL, CARL AND WARREN AND COMPANY C W FILE NUMBER 3 0 3 4 4 7 4, PIU NUMBER 4 9 0 8 5 3 FOR THE RECORD CLAIM FOR DAMAGES TO PERSON OR PERSONAL PROPERTY.
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WELL, CARL WARREN, A COMPANY HAS A LIABILITY CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND THE ABOVE REFERENCED CLAIM WAS REFERRED TO OUR OFFICE FOR INVESTIGATION 4 7 5 22 IN ALLEGED ALLEGATIONS OF BROWN ACT VIOLATIONS, COMMITTED BY DAVID CAMMERAY AND THE MAYOR AND HIS HENCHMEN COUNCILMEN, AND HIS ATTORNEY ON RECORD, MR. DUARTE, AS YOU SEE TONIGHT, WE HAVE A WOMAN PLEASE ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.HERMAN, YOUR, YOU GOT TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
SO IN MY ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MISS LISA SHARIK, MR. ERIC VARGAS, MAYOR DARRIO CASIANO AND MR. ATTORNEY DUARTE, WHERE THE RECORD, YOU CONTINUE TO VIOLATE OUR CIVIL RIGHTS IN CLOSED SESSION MEETINGS.
WHERE IS THE SUMMARY? THERE SHOULD BE A SUMMARY BEFORE THE START OF THE 7:00 PM REGULAR MEETING DURING THE REGULAR MEETING CLOSED SESSION.
THAT IS A VIOLATION OF THE RALPH AND BROWN KNACK PIU 4 9 0 8 5 3.
THANK YOU FOR THE CORRESPONDENCE TO THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REGARDING ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF RALPH AND BROWN ACT.
ALSO KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OPEN MEETING LAWS, MR. DAVID.
SO ON FILE, I'M BRINGING TO THE RECORD FOR YOU TO PASS.
YOU COULD GIVE IT, YOU COULD LEAVE IT RIGHT THERE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HAVE IN MY HAND EXHIBIT THAT OF MAYOR BALDY, COUNCILMAN TONY RACKETEERING LU I MS. ROSARIO DIAZ, AND THE REASON BEHIND THESE ALLEGATIONS DOCUMENTS FOR THE FBI.
THREE TEN FOUR SEVEN SEVEN SIX FIVE SIX FIVE IS BECAUSE IT BROWN ACT 54, 9 57 0.1.
I WILL REPORT AT CONCLUSION OF COLE SESSION, THE LEGISLATIVE BODY, ANY LOCAL AGENTS Y'ALL PUBLICLY REPORT ANY ACTION TAKEN IN COAL SESSION.
DADA, DADA, DADA IDIOT, THEN RESPECTFUL PENALTIES AND REMEDIES FOR VIOLATION OF THE ACT UNDER CHAPTER SEVEN AND JUNKED OF MANDATORY DECLA VICTORIA RELIEF.
THEN IT GOES ON TO POINT OUT A COURT MAY ORDER THE BODY TO TAPE RECORD, FUTURE CALL SESSIONS, PURSUIT TO THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN SECTION OF THE BROWN ACT, 54, 9 60 B.
THEN THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC, AND I'LL READ IT FOR YOU, NOT GO HEADS UNDER THE BROWN ACT, THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AND ATTEND A MEETING LEGISLATIVE BODY WITHOUT HAVING TO REGISTER OR GIVE OTHER INFORMATION AS A CONDITION OF ATTENDANCE, BROWN ACT 54, 9 53 0.3 C ALSO 27, OOPS, CAL ATTORNEY GENERAL 1 23, 19 56.
IF A REGISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE OR SIMILAR DOCUMENT IS POSTED AND CIRCULATED AT A MEETING, IT MUST CLEARLY STATE THE COMPLETION OF A DOCUMENT IT'S VOLUNTARY AND NOT PRO CONDITIONS FOR ATTENDANCE.
SO YOU SEE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ALL ALONG THESE CLOSED SESSIONS HAVE BEEN CLOSED.
I GO THERE, I ASS IDIOTS TO HOPE RAMS OUT.
THEY ARE DISCUSSING WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THEIR BULLSHIT DEVELOPMENT OR THEIR BULLSHIT LIABILITY CLAIMS, OR IS IT THE BULLSHIT OF WHAT THE MAYOR DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW? AND AGAIN, HERMAN, PLEASE ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
YOU'RE GOT TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL BY LOOKING AT US, PLEASE FOLLOW THE RULES.
THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DECLARE THIS AMERICA AND NOT YOUR RULES, MR. CASTA, YANOS YOU DON'T MEAN YOU DO NOT MAKE UP THE RULES.
DON'T MAKE ANY ACCUSATIONS THAT AREN'T TRUE AND DO NOT THREATEN THE PUBLIC STUPID.
MY GREENSPAN FOLLOWED BY ELSIE.
MESSMAN FOLLOWED BY LAURA GALENDO WITH RECORDS ON WITH DISCRIMINATION RIGHTS, PLEASE STOP DISRUPTING THE MEETING AND HAVE A SEAT.
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AFTER I ASKED YOU, PLEASE KNOCK IT OFF.UM, MIKE GREEN SPAN AND THE JEW IS NOT GOING BACK TO FLORIDA.
UM, IT WAS FOR A BANK AND I'M SAYING IT IN PUBLIC TO SPREAD THE WORD AS A BAPTIST WOULD SAY ABOUT THE RACIST ANTISEMITIC ANTI-CHRIST CATHOLIC REMARK FROM BURBANK.
NOW I LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE FOOTHILL TRANSIT BOARD BECAUSE I LOOK AT THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE EITHER AMBERS OR ALTERNATE THREE OUT OF FIVE, NOT BAD.
AND IF AT THE LAST MEETING ON JUNE 24TH BOARD MEMBER, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER, COREY C MOSS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF INDUSTRY DID NOT SHOW UP OR ALTERNATE VALERIE MUNOZ OF LA PLANTA.
NOW OUR MAYOR IN THE CITY, REO IS THE CLUSTER TO ALTERNATE.
SO IF CLUSTER TWO BOARD MEMBER GARY BOYER DOESN'T SHOW UP REO CASTELLANO'S EXCUSE ME.
IF I'VE MISPRONOUNCED, IT NEEDS TO GO TO THE MEETING.
AND IF ROSARIO DIAZ DOESN'T SHOW UP, LEDDY LOPEZ.
YANO GOES TO THE MEETING IS THE ALTERNATE.
NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE PLAYING HOOKY.
WE HAVE VACANT POSITIONS ON THAT BOARD.
THE BOARD GETS A VERY GENEROUS AND I MEAN GENEROUS 40% OF THESE TAXES THAT THE VOTERS HAVE ADDED ON ELECTION AFTER ELECTION TO FUND THE TRANSIT.
THAT FAIRS ONLY COME UP WITH 7.3%.
YOU COULD ALMOST ELIMINATE THEM AND SAY, HEY FOLKS, WE CAN IMPROVE EFFICIENCY, BUT PEOPLE ENTER THE BACK DOOR.
NOT WASTE TIME WITH PEOPLE BOARDING THE BUS TO PEE AND FUMBLING AROUND FOR THEIR TAP CARD TO PAY FOR IT.
NOW WE ALSO HAVE VACANCIES IN GOOD OLD CLUSTER, FIVE, THERE'S A VACANCY.
AND THEN THERE'S THIS IDIOT NAMED SAM PEDROZA FROM THE CITY OF INDUSTRY.
WHO'S ON THE BOARD IN THAT CLUSTER.
WHY CAN'T WE GET SOMEBODY LIKE BRIAN TO BOTANY TO GO ON THAT BOARD? OR I DO TAKE BACK THE REMARK OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING ABOUT THE CITY ATTORNEY, BECAUSE THEY'RE FROM A FIRM IN FULLERTON, BUT HE PUT WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, DAVID OR SOMEBODY, THE NEWBIE THAT WAS HIRED COULD GO TO THE MEETING AND BEYOND THE BOARD, YOU'RE NINE TENTHS OF A MILE FROM THE FOOTHILL TRANSIT OR SO USED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW UP.
AND IT'S ON FRIDAY THE LA THE FOURTH, FRIDAY OF THE MONTH.
SO W AND THEY GO DARK IN JULY.
SO IF YOUR CITY IS CLOSED ON FRIDAY, YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR NOT SHOWING UP.
WELL, GUESS WHO ELSE PLAYED HOOKY? THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR OF EL MONTE, JESSICA AND KANYA, THIS BROAD WITH BIG BOOBS THAT BEAT THE GUY NAMED, UH, WHAT'S HIS NAME, ANDRE CONCERO WHO HAPPENS TO HAVE A DAY JOB WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN THE CITY OF BELTWAY.
AND HE GOT VOTED OUT IN THE LAST ELECTION BY THE VOTERS.
HE'S A, HOW WOULD I DESCRIBE THE FAT FUCK WETBACK? BUT IT'S THE POLITICAL BOSS WHO CONTROLS THREE BOATS, THE FIVE ON THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AND THEY ACTUALLY WAIT FOR HIS PHONE CALL, WHETHER THEY SHOULD VOTE FOR THIS OR FOR THAT.
NOW, IF WE'RE GETTING, IF YOU'RE GETTING 40% OF EVERY TAX THAT THE VOTERS HAVE BEEN VOTING ON, SINCE YOUR INCEPTION IN 1998, ATTENDANCE SHOULD BE REQUIRED.
AND IF YOU CAN'T FILL THE OBLIGATIONS, IT'S TIME TO GET SOMEBODY WHO CAN.
THEY HAVE ANTELOPE VALLEY TRANSIT.
UM, WHO ELSE? TORRANCE? I'M JUST SAYING LOTS OF PLACES HAVE BUS LINES.
I EXPECT PEOPLE TO SHOW UP AND TO PARTICIPATE.
IF I GO BUY A $20 ITEM AND I'M PUTTING MY 2 CENTS IN TO THE BOARD, IT'S TIME TO GET PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP AND NOT NO SHOWS.
IT'S TIME TO FILL VACANCIES WITH COMPETENT PEOPLE WHO I FEEL COULD SHOW UP FOR THE MEETING AND THEY EVEN GIVE YOU FREE BREAKFAST OVER THERE.
UM, IT'D BE NICE IF, UH, PERHAPS THEY SERVE FOOD LAW, BUT WELL, YOU MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS.
IF YOU WANT TO EAT OUT OF GOD'S GARBAGE BIN, OR IF YOU WANT TO EAT
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BIBLICALLY, I'M NOT TELLING ROSARIO OR ANYBODY ELSE AFTER ALL, YOU GOT YOUR BIBLE, THE BETTER, THE CRYSTAL 11.YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PORKY PIG EITHER AT THE TRANS MEETING OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
AND I THANK YOU AND THIS FOR THE RECORD.
GALENDO FOLLOWED BY NICOLE SPIEGEL.
MY NAME IS ELSIE MESSMAN AND I WANT TO THANK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE JOB THAT THEY DID ON THAT CHASE THAT WE WATCHED ON TV.
NOBODY WAS HURT, AND EVERYBODY WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
SO THANK YOU TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ALSO ON A WANT TO THANK YOU FOR A JOURNEY IN THE MEETING.
AND MY FRIEND, ALICE SWORN A, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW HER, AND SHE WAS A TALENTED INDIVIDUAL.
I HAVE KNOWN HER SINCE SHE CAME FROM NEW YORK IN THE SIXTIES.
AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER BECAUSE SHE WAS A PERSON WITH A LOT OF TALENT.
UH, SHE WAS PASSED AWAY ON JULY 8TH IN 2022 AT THE REGENCY GRAND IN WEST COVINA AT THE AGE OF 85.
ALL I MOVED FROM NEW YORK TO CALIFORNIA IN THE SIXTIES AND MOVED TO WEST COVINA IN 1977, MS. FORNEY WAS AN INTERNATIONAL OPERA AND CONCERT STAR ON THREE COUNCILS, CONTINENCE.
I SHOULD SAY SHE WAS CROWNED MISS SENIOR, CALIFORNIA IN 2003.
AT THAT TIME, SHE ALSO WON THREE CATEGORIES, MOST TALENTED, MOST ELEGANT, AND THE BEST SENIOR WOMANHOOD, ALL OF WAS HIGHLY REGARDED IS A HIGHLY REGARDED VOICE TEACHER FOR MANY MUSICAL PERFORMANCE.
OUR GREATEST JOY WAS SINGING IN FOUR DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
SHE SPENT TIME ON FOUR CRUISE SHIPS, SINGING TO GUESTS AND GETTING TO SEE MANY COUNTRIES.
PAULA WAS ALSO ASKED TO SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT THE NATIONAL MONUMENT IN WASHINGTON, DC, WHICH IS A TREMENDOUS HONOR.
SHE ALSO SANG IN OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND EVAN F EVENTS AND ALSO AT WEDDINGS.
AND IT DIDN'T MATTER WHERE, OR WHEN, IF YOU ASK PAULA TO SING, SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE SINGING HER HEART OUT ALL.
IT WAS ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENTERTAIN PEOPLE.
SHE FOLLOWED HER DREAM AND BROUGHT JOY TO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE THROUGHOUT HER YEARS, ALL OVER WILL ALSO BE DEARLY MISSED AS WELL AS HER LOVELY VOICE THAT CAN NEVER REALLY BE REPLACED.
GALENDO FOLLOWED BY NICOLE SPIEGEL FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOTT, LAURA.
I'M A 32 YEAR RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT TWO.
UM, I HAVE REGARDING ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UM, MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT OUR HOUSE ABOUT 32 YEARS AGO AND, UH, WE'VE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF OUR HOME.
WE'VE PAID ALL OUR TAXES AND FEES.
WE WORK VERY HARD TO IMPROVE AND, UH, BEAUTIFYING OUR HOME.
AND SO DO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
THERE'S A VERY BIG ISSUE IN DISTRICT TWO, AND THAT IS THE STOPPING OF WATERING OF OUR SLOPES.
THEIR IRRIGATION STOPPED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AND WE'VE BEEN CALLING AND TRYING TO GET HELP BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, IT'S A MESS.
IT'S DRYING OUT IT'S DANGEROUS.
AND, UM, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, UH, SOME IMAGES I WANTED TO PUT THEM, UH, LISA WAS GOING TO HELP ME, BUT WE CAN'T PROJECT THEM.
SO I'LL TAKE THEM OH, ABOUT TO HELP US TO MEET WITH OUR, MY NEIGHBOR OR, BUT I SIGNED MYSELF.
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PAGE, YOU CAN SEE, UM, HOW DRIED OUT THE SLOPES ARE BEHIND MY HOUSE.SO THESE ARE THE SLOPES ON EMAR ROAD.
AND, UH, THE NEXT PAGE, YOU CAN SEE THE RECENT FIRE, WHICH WAS JUNE 2ND, THE TOP TWO PICTURES.
THEY CAME VERY QUICKLY TO GET THAT FIRE OUT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? I GOT SO SCARED BECAUSE OUR NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR, UM, HE RAN OVER LAURA FIRE FIRE, AND HE SCARED THE PANTS OFF ME.
AND WHEN I RAN OUT, I COULD SEE IT RIGHT OUTSIDE, BUT I ALSO SAW TWO OTHER NEIGHBORS NEXT TO HIM.
AND THEY WERE STANDING AT THEIR, UM, WALL CONCRETE WALL WITH THEIR WATER HOSES, TRYING TO PUT THE WATER OUT.
IT JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT FEAR IS, IS TERRIBLE.
THERE HAVE BEEN IN, AND THE SLOPES BEHIND MY HOUSE, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE TO FOUR FIRES IN THESE 30 YEARS AND WEST COVINA FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN AWESOME.
AND THEY HAVE USED OUR YARD, UH, AS AN ENTRY THEY'LL PARK IN FRONT.
AND THEN WE USED TO HAVE A COUPLE OF BRICKS THAT WE COULD MOVE AND THEY'D GO THROUGH THERE AND THEY WERE AWESOME.
AND SO HAPPY THAT THEY CAME AND THEY PUT THAT OUT.
THE BOTTOM TWO PICTURES ARE PICTURES OF AZUSA AVENUE AND IT'S V IT'S NOT MAINTAINED AT ALL.
IT'S ALL DRY LEAVES, DRY BRANCHES, BROKEN BRANCHES, TRASH.
AND, AND YOU TRY NOT TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE GOALS FOR THE CITY I SAW WAS TO ENHANCE CITY IMAGE AND EFFECTIVENESS, AND THAT'S GOTTA BE ONE OF THE UGLIEST SECTIONS.
UH, WEST COVINA HAS MANY BEAUTIFUL SECTIONS AND WELL-KEPT SECTIONS AND MY NEIGHBORS KEEP, KEEP THEIR HOMES UP.
UH, ONE OF THE GUYS JUST RECENTLY, I THINK, UH, DID SUCH SO MANY MODIFICATIONS.
I THINK THE HOUSE JUMPED FROM LIKE EIGHT, 800,000 TO A MILLION.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A VOTE EVENTUALLY ON THIS DISTRICT.
I HAVE A PROBLEM, OR I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU REREAD THE UPDATES IN THE BACKGROUND SECTION OF, UH, OF OUR SECTION, WHICH IS MAINTENANCE, UH, LEVEL TWO, IT'S INCORRECT, IT'S INACCURATE.
IT IS COPYING SOME OF THE INFORMATION FROM MAINTENANCE, UH, LEVEL ONE, WHICH HAS THOSE OVER BY SHADOW OAK SHADOW.
OAK HAS THE POST-SALES AND IT HAS THE LIGHTED LIGHTS.
AND IT'S SAYING THAT WE HAVE THAT AND WE DO NOT.
SO IT'S INACCURATE INFORMATION, AND I WANT TO MOVE AHEAD AND SUPPORT THE CITY AND YOUR ACTIONS.
BUT I WOULD ASK THAT THIS INFORMATION BE UP UPGRADED AND UPDATED SO THAT WE MAKE THE RIGHT INFORMATION.
THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, A PORTION OF LMD THAT IS OVERLAID BY MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOUR, AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY OUR FROM OUR MAINTENANCE LEVEL TO HAVE TO PAY AND REPAY LEVEL FOUR.
AND I'M GOING NO WONDER WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO PAY OUT IF WE'RE PAYING SOMEONE ELSE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE INFORMATION ON THAT.
NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST PICTURE, UM, IT KILLS ME.
THIS IS SHADOW OAK AREA WHERE MY FRIENDS, MICHAEL MOTHER LIVES, I GO SEE THERE.
EVERYTHING IS GREEN, EVERYTHING IS WATERED.
NICOLE SPIEGEL FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOT, FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER.
I'M NOT ONE FOR PUBLIC SPEECHES, CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I'M JUST A CONCERNED CITIZEN.
I'VE BEEN AN 18 YEAR RESIDENT OF THIS LOVELY CITY SINCE 2004.
WHEN MY AUNT TOOK ME IN, WHEN I WAS ON HARD TIMES, I LIVE NEAR THE CORNER OF, UH, WEST.
I'M SORRY, OTHER THAN WHAT'S COMINA.
I LIVE ON THE CORNER, UH, NEAR THE CORNER OF SUNSET AND ROLAND RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF DEL DORNEY PARK.
I'M PRETTY SURE THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT CAN VOUCH FOR WHAT'S GOING ON AT THAT CORNER.
UM, I'M PRETTY SURE SOME OF YOU ALL LAST WEEK SAW THE HORRIFIC ACCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE AT THAT INTERSECTION.
MY CONCERN IS FOR THAT INTERSECTION, I TAKE THE BUS RIGHT THERE AT THAT CORNER RESPECTFULLY.
MY THING IS CROSSING THAT STREET WITH THE SOLAR PANEL LIGHT RIGHT THERE.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FLARE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HIT THE BUTTON 20 TIMES AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE STUPID.
YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT I HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD AND I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE TAKEN MY CHILD
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TO THAT PARK.YOU KNOW, JUST FOR SLIDING SLIDE, SPLASH PAD, BASEBALL GAME, WHATEVER.
I'M TIRED OF PRACTICALLY TAKING 10 MINUTES OF MY TIME CROSSING THAT STREET.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE ARE NICE.
PEOPLE ARE, DO COMPLAINT AND LAW ABIDING CITIZENS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S LIKE, I FEAR FOR MY LIFE IN THAT CROSSWALK.
ALL I ASK IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LOOK INTO THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS.
YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS YOUR CHILD IN THAT CROSSWALK OR, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY GOT HIT OR GOD FORBID SOMEBODY GOT KILLED IN THAT CROSSWALK.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS CAN PUT A SIGNAL AT WORKMAN, I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE PICTURES OR PHOTOGRAPHS, BUT I DO HAVE THEM ON MY PHONE.
I MEAN, IF THE TAXPAYERS ARE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR REPAYING THE LINES AND PUTTING A RE UM, THE REFLECTANT, UM, LIGHTING ON THE POLE, I HAVE PICTURES HERE.
I SAID, I'M NOT PREPARED FOR THE THAT'S GOOD EMAIL US PICTURES WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
I MEAN, IF IT WOULD LIKE, YEAH, THANK YOU.
UM, ALL THIS DOESN'T S YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY, YOU KNOW, AND ESPECIALLY LAST WEEK WITH THE, THE SUSPECT ON BROADMORE, I THINK IT WAS, I LIVE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM THAT INTERSECTION WHERE THEY'VE STOPPED THAT DANGEROUS GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF THAT, THAT GENTLEMEN WERE TO COME UP BROAD, MORE, COME UP TO ROLLING AND THEN TURN ON THE SUNSET, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED ANOTHER FATALITY.
ALL I ASK IS THAT IF THE CITY CAN SPEND ALMOST $1.5 MILLION, REVENGE BEAUTIFYING THE CITY, WHY CAN'T WE TAKE SOME OF THAT TAX PAYER MONEY AND PUT A STOP SIGN OR A SIGNAL THEN, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES ME SAFE TO MIND.
AT LEAST PEOPLE WILL SEE A STOP SIGN MORE THAN THE FLOOD THAT A FLASHING SOLAR PANEL.
IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY A SCHOOLS, OR MAYBE IT IS.
I'M NOT TOO FAMILIAR WITH SCHOOLS, ZONES AND PARKS ZONES, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT WHAT'S COVINA ROP RIGHT HERE ACROSS THE STREET NEXT TO THE PARK.
AS I SAID, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE TAKEN MY CHILD TO A PARK, YOU KNOW, JUST GET THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE.
I MEAN, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH COVID, YOU KNOW, HE'S COOPED UP ALL DAY, EVEN THOUGH HE HAS SPECIAL NEEDS, YOU KNOW, HE'S STILL GONNA HAVE THE MIND OF A THREE-YEAR-OLD TO ACTUALLY HAVE A THIRD GRADER, BUT BECAUSE I SAID, I'M JUST RAMBLING ON, BUT I WOULD JUST WISH THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD, YOU KNOW, LOOK INTO YOURSELVES, LOOK INTO YOUR HEARTS.
ALL I ASK IS THAT MORE SAFETY MEASURES NEED TO BE TAKEN THERE.
AS I SAID, THE, THE SUSPECT LAST FRIDAY, LAST WEEK, THE CAR ACCIDENT, THAT I'M PRETTY SURE YOU GUYS SAW ON FACEBOOK AND ALL OF THE LITTLE SOCIAL MEDIAS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE MORE SAFETY MEASURES AT THAT INTERSECTION.
I KNOW THE CITY CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH, BUT TRAFFIC ENGINEERS LOOK INTO IT.
AND AS I SAID, THERE'S A LIGHT THERE TO THE, I WOULD SAY, JUST PUT A LIGHT THERE, LIKE WORKMAN.
I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY GONNA SYNCHRONIZE W I WOULD SAY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT? JUST MAKE IT SAFER, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN THEY PUT IN THE LIGHT, SAY, I WANT TO SAY 2015, I KNOW I'M PROBABLY WRONG ON MY DATES, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THE JUNIOR EXPLORERS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND IT'S PROBABLY WOULD CONSIDER AN ENTRAPMENT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, IT GETS PEOPLE TO REALIZE.
AND IT'S LIKE, AS I SAID, I'M SO SORRY.
I'M LIKE SO UNPREPARED, BUT IT'S JUST LIKE, I JUST WISH MORE SAFETY WOULD BE AT MORE CONSIDERING AT THAT INTERSECTION.
IF YOU GUYS CAN PUT A LIGHT AT 20 AND LIGHT AT WORKMAN, WHY CAN'T THERE BE ONE SMACK IN THE MIDDLE AS WELL? WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE RECOMMENDATION.
AS I SAID, YOU COULD EMAIL US ANY PHOTOS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE.
AND, UM, CAN I GET LIKE A LISA OR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK CAN GIVE YOU THAT INFO? AND, UM, WELL, AS I MENTIONED, WE COULD HAVE OUR, UH, CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEERS LOOK INTO THE ISSUE AND SEE WHAT'S FEASIBLE AND WHAT COULD BE DONE.
BECAUSE AS A, I THINK, I BELIEVE IT WAS LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY TOOK SOMEONE, TOOK OUT THE LAMPPOST ON THE PARKSIDE, AND I'M PRETTY SURE THE PARKS COULDN'T RECREATION CAN VOUCH FOR THAT.
AND SOME PROBLEMS, UH, CITY MANAGER.
CAN YOU LOOK INTO THE STREET? I SEE HOW CAN AND HAVE A TREBLE ENGINEERED TO STUDY.
SO LOOK INTO HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THAT SECTION? BILL ELLIOT FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY BILL ROBINSON.
DO YOU MEAN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN? WOW.
SO MANY GREAT THINGS HAPPENING THAT, THAT LIFESAVING STORY REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART.
UH, REGARDING THE POLICE AND THE CHASE THAT WENT DOWN, WE WERE ALL WATCHING ON TV AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY FOLLOWED HIM ALL THE WAY TO LAX AND ALL THE WAY BACK.
THE NEWSCASTER SAID THEY DON'T MESS AROUND IN WEST COVINA.
THAT'S THE REPUTATION WE WANT OUR POLICE TO HAVE, UH, THE PARK WORKERS,
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REALLY GREAT TO SEE THEM HERE, UH, BEING ACKNOWLEDGED, EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO, WE HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PARKS IN WEST COVINA.AND, UH, TONY REGARDING THE CREPE MYRTLES, I HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE WITH THAT.
I WORKED AT A PLACE WE HAD ABOUT 50 OF THEM SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY AND CREPE, MYRTLES 10, THAT THEY NEED TO BE TRIMMED.
UH, THEY TURN THEM LIKE A LOLLIPOP.
IT TRIMMED A HUGE STRIP CREPE MYRTLE DOWN TO ALMOST NOTHING.
AND THE NEXT SPRING, ALL THE DELICATE BRANCHES COME OUT.
AND I REMEMBER WHEN THE COUNCIL WOMAN FROM THE THIRD DISTRICT, THE MAYOR PRO TEM PROPOSED THIS WHEN SHE WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE, ONE OF THE HATERS SAID, WELL, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR IT? WELL, I GOT TO TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, I LEARNED THAT, UM, CITY MANAGER, DAVID CARMONEY AND THE CITY STAFF, THEY FOUND A WAY THEY FOUND A WAY TO PAY FOR THAT.
AND IT WAS THROUGH FEDERAL, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN FEDERAL JOB TRAINING PROGRAM AND NOT ONE DIME CAME OUT OF THE CITY GENERAL FUND.
NOW THAT'S THE WAY YOU MANAGE A CITY AND YOU MR. CARMEN, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR STAFF'S HARD WORK ON THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEIR LIVES SAVED TODAY, GOSH, MAN, THAT WAS SO INSPIRING.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ALSO A HUGE HEROIC ACT THAT OCCURRED THIS LAST WEEK.
MATTER OF FACT, I THINK IT WAS EITHER YESTERDAY, THE DAY BEFORE IN INDIANA.
AND THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN THAT WAS THERE SHOPPING WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND 22 YEARS OLD.
AND SOME FOOL CAME INTO THE MALL WITH FOUR GUNS AND A HUNDRED ROUNDS AND STARTED KILLING PEOPLE.
WELL, THIS YOUNG MAN, HE DREW HIS OWN DEFENSIVE WEAPON.
HE FIRED 10 TIMES AT THAT KILLER AND HE STRUCK HIM EIGHT TIMES AND HE'S DEAD NOW.
AND THAT YOUNG MAN SAVED SO MANY LIVES.
AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE IT WAS, IF IT WAS DANA PSYCHS OR ANGIE JILLIAN OFF, BUT ONE OF THEM CAME UP HERE WITH A SQUIRT GUN IN A ZIPLOC BAG ONE DAY AND SAID, THIS IS THE ONLY GUN BILL ELLIOT SHOULD BE TRUSTED WITH.
WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
THOMAS WHO WROTE THE MAJORITY OPINION, STRIKING DOWN ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL MAY ISSUE LAWS REGARDING CONCEALED CARRY.
THIS SHERIFF SUPPORT THE SHERIFF HE'S OBEYING THE LAW.
HE RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT SAID HE IS RETOOLING HIS AGENCY TO ISSUE UP TO 50,000 CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, YOU'D GO TO MY PAGE.
WEST COVINA CONCEALED CARRY ON FACEBOOK HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE.
THE SHERIFF IS UNDER UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK RIGHT NOW, TOO.
AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THIS, BUT THE, THE LEFTISTS ON THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THEY JUST VOTED FOUR TO ONE TO PLACE A QUESTION ON THE PA ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE GUTS TO TRY TO PASS THIS BY THEMSELVES.
BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO GIVE THEMSELVES THE AUTHORITY TO REMOVE THE ELECTED SHERIFF.
WILL YOU SHUT UP? HERMAN, PLEASE STOP INTERRUPTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT OUR ELECTED ENTITY, THE SHERIFF IS HIS OWN ELECTED ENTITY.
AND I HOPE EVERYBODY REMEMBERS WHEN IT'S TIME TO REELECT THE SHERIFF TO VOTE FOR ALEX VIENNA WAIVER.
HE'S THE BEST SHERIFF OF MY ENTIRE LIFETIME.
AND I REALLY HOPE THAT CAN SUPPORT HIM AND HIS EFFORTS HERE AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND IN WEST COVINA WEST COVINA IS A SHALL ISSUE CITY.
NOW THE SHERIFF SAID, HE'S GOING TO BEGIN ISSUING CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS AT LIGHTNING SPEED.
THANKS JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY BILL ROBINSON.
ONE OF THEM HAS TO DEAL WITH THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CONSERVATION CORPS, WHATEVER THE AIM IS, HOW MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA? YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY COULD GET THAT INFORMATION JUST TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM.
AND I THOUGHT THAT PROGRAM WAS BEING PAID FOR OUT
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OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS.THAT WAS FROM THE CARES ACT OR SOMETHING.
SO THAT $1.5 MILLION IS KIND OF COMING OUT OF OUR POCKET BECAUSE IT COULD BE USED FOR LET'S SEE, WHAT COULD WE USE THAT $1.5 MILLION FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES? COULD IT HELP THEM OUT, YOU KNOW, PAYING FOR SOME OF THE COSTS THAT THEY SUFFERED THROUGH? YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF MEETINGS LAST MEETING OR A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO? UM, IT WAS NICE TO HEAR BECAUSE THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THE MONEY THAT WAS SET ASIDE THE 4.5 OR $5 MILLION, UH, FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PROBABLY REALLY WHEN IT PASSED MUSTER UNDER THAT LAW.
AND IT TURNED OUT THAT OUR NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR SAID, I DON'T THINK IT REALLY PASSED MUSTER UNDER THAT LAW.
THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS WHY THE CITY ISN'T TAKING THAT MONEY AND REALLOCATING IT OUT, JUST SAY SMALL BUSINESSES.
OOH, WE KEEP BEING TOLD OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
YOU KNOW THAT YOU GUYS LOVE SMALL BUSINESSES COME TO OUR CITY, CLOSE UP WHEREVER YOU'RE AT TO MOVE HERE.
AND THE PERSON WHO CHAMPIONS THAT THE MOST COUNCIL MEMBER WU, WHEN YOU'RE MOVING IN, WHEN ARE YOU MOVING IN? YOU HAVE THE EASIEST THING TO DO BECAUSE BASICALLY YOUR BUSINESS IS WHEREVER THERE'S A PHONE AND INTERNET CONNECTION.
SO WHY AREN'T YOU SHOWING HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THIS CITY AND MOVE YOUR BUSINESS HERE? YOU KNOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT CONCEPT.
I CAN UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, MANUFACTURERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT HARD TO DO BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT.
I KNOW SOME SMALL BUSINESSES WHO ARE LEAVING OUR CITY INSTEAD OF COMING HERE, WE'RE CHASING BUSINESSES AWAY IN THE AUTO PLAZA BECAUSE WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
ISN'T ON THE TONY WOO APPROVED LIST.
SO WE'RE THROWING AWAY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, ACTUALLY, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR IN TAX REVENUE IN TAX REVENUE.
I'M GLAD WE HAVE SO MUCH MONEY.
WE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
SO WE'RE JUST WASTING IT, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT STANDPOINT, UH, YEAH, I'M JUST CONFUSED.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE I MADE THE REMARK THAT WE NEED A CITY CONSOLE TO A ENGLISH DICTIONARY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE TOLD YOU'RE FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE AND RESPONSIBLE, BUT YOU OVERSPENT THE BUDGET BY $26 MILLION.
THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT'S BEEN FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
HOW MUCH MONEY OUT UP AT, UH, WELL, THE, UH, UH, BIGLY DREAMS, THERE'S A, THERE'S A WEBSITE THAT SHOWS HOW MUCH WE'RE LOSING.
THEY'RE PROBABLY ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT WE'RE LOSING ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS AT THE AUTO MALL.
THEN WE FIND OUT NO WE'RE BEING ASKED ABOUT THE TREES.
I THOUGHT IT WAS AMUSING WHEN THE WATER COMPANY CAME IN AND SAID, OH, BY THE WAY, YOU CAN'T WATER CENTER MEDIANS ANYMORE.
CAN'T WATER CENTER MEETINGS ANYMORE.
OH, I KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT INSTALL DRIP IRRIGATION, WHICH PRICE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN THERE WAS ALREADY RECLAIMED WATER BEING USED.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S AFTER THE FACT, YOU LOOK AT ALL THIS WONDERFUL STUFF YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MEDIANS TO MAKE THEM LOOK PRETTY, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE MAINTAINED AFTERWARDS? HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE MAINTAINED AFTERWARDS? WELL, JUST KIND OF, UH, LET'S, UH, WING IT, GO FOR IT AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, I, I'M JUST ABSOLUTELY, AND UTTERLY SHOCKED AT HOW WE CAN HAVE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PEOPLE HERE.
AND THE WAY THE CITY IS IS RUN IS UNBELIEVABLE.
DO YOU JUST TAKE YOUR LITTLE BRAINS OUT BEFORE YOU WALK IN HERE OR GO, I KNOW THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT.
SO I'M GOING TO DO THE OPPOSITE, YOU KNOW, OR, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I, FROM WHAT I LOOK AT, LOOK AT THAT, UH, THE ORGANIZATION THAT PUT ON THE EVENT, MRS. WU WAS SOMEWHAT SUCCESSFUL.
THAT MUST BE THE BUSINESS GENIUS IN THE FAMILY.
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UH, GOOD EVENING.UH, THE, THE VAX LOCKDOWNS INITIALLY WERE IMPOSED TO FLATTEN THE CURVE IN TWO WEEKS.
PHYSICIANS WHO HAVE BEEN OBEDIENT TO INDUSTRY INSPIRED GOVERNMENT DRIVEN PROTOCOLS HAVE ABDICATE ABDICATED, THE DOCTOR, PATIENT RELATIONSHIP INJECTING A TRUSTING PUBLIC WITH EXPERIMENTAL GENE ALTERING TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE POTENTIALLY DEVASTATED, DEVASTATING LONG TERM RE LONG, UH, RANGE, EVEN TRANS GENERAL, UH, GENERATIONAL IMPACTS BY MY NOT SEEING IMMEDIATELY THE CRIMINAL.
IT IS, IT IS THE OF INJECTING CHILDREN FOR WHOM THE CLAIMED VIRUS HAS BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE ZERO RISK.
UH, DOCTORS, UH, PATIENTS HAVE BECOME LAB RATS, EVEN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, JULY 4TH, UH, UH, AGREES WITH ME, UH, IN TIME.
IT BECAME OBVIOUS THAT WITHHOLDING EARLY TREATMENT WAS CRUCIAL FOR THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES PROJECT TO VAX THE WORLD AGAINST THE PROPAGANDA, UH, PROCLAIMED VIRUS, FEARFUL PEOPLE ARE EASY TO CONTROL, BUT UNITED PEOPLE, WE OWN THE GOVERNMENT.
THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T OWN US UNITED PEOPLE.
IT'S UNNECESSARY TO HIDE AT HOME UNDER OUR BLANKETS.
WHEN WE WAKE UP AND STAND AS A COMMUNITY, OUR PROBLEMS EVAPORATE, UH, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT NOTED THAT THE ONLY THING WE NEED TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF.
PEOPLE CAN EASILY REGAIN CONTROL OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
OUR RECENT EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN DESTABILIZATION.
IN OTHER WORDS, REDUCE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FREEDOM, UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY, PRINT MONEY, PRODUCE CONFLICT, AND PROMOTE FEAR, UH, CREATED BY YEARS OF OFFICIAL FEAR-MONGERING PROPAGANDA.
UH, THAT'S INFLATION, LOWER PURCHASING POWER PROMOTE BANKRUPTCIES SUSPENSION OF CURRENTLY ARRANGED SOCIOPOLITICAL SYSTEMS, DISSOLVING INSTITUTIONS LIKE MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY DURING BANK HOLIDAYS.
UH, THE REFORMS WILL BE, UH, COURTESY OF GREEN PASSES, VACCINE PASSPORTS, CENTRAL BANK, DIGITAL CURRENCY.
UH, WHERE, WHERE IS THE INFORMED CONSENT SET AGAIN? WHERE IS THE INFORMED CONSENT CLAIMED FOR COVID INJECTIONS? WHERE DOES LIABILITY LAND? UH, NOT ON PFIZER, MODERNA NO PRODUCT, UH, LIABILITY EXISTS ON ANY OF ANY MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR PHARMA VAX PRODUCT.
THAT PRODUCT GOT HYPED UP BY TAX DOLLARS WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT OF PANIC FEAR-MONGERING SOCIAL PRESSURE AND OFFICIAL MEDIA ADORATION.
WHY KEEP PUSHING A LEAKY VACCINE AND THE, AND THE SHEEP JUST CONTINUE TO FOLLOW WITH WHATEVER LIE IS FAVORED TODAY.
THE STORY HAS CHANGED SO MANY TIMES AND YET PEOPLE STILL FOLLOW NEVER, UH, A THOUGHT, A THOUGHT, UH, SO MANY HIDDEN HYPNOTIZE PEOPLE EXISTED IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT WE KEEP GETTING OUR KIDS JABBED AS, AS WE GET OUR FIFTH OR SIXTH BOOSTER.
UH, UH, WHY? BECAUSE THEY TELL YOU TWO COFFIN MANUFACTURERS HAVE RECENTLY NOTED THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, FIVE FOOT CHILD CASKETS ARE BEING ORDERED IN BULK.
RECENTLY, TONY FIVE, SHE MADE, UH, A MAJOR ADMISSION AND THE OFFICIAL MEDIA MAKES NO EFFORT TO HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE.
SHE SAID, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S CLEAR FROM THE DATA IS THAT VACCINES BECAUSE OF THE HIGH DEGREE OF TRANSMISSIBILITY OF THIS VIRUS, DON'T PROTECT OVERLY WELL AS IT WERE AGAINST INFECTION.
OFFICIAL MEDIA ALLOWS FOWCHEE TO BLINDLY MAKE THIS STATEMENT WITHOUT ANY EFFORT TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE COSTLY NATIONAL POLICIES AND THE LOCKDOWNS THAT WERE UTTERLY BUILT UPON HIS INITIAL ASSERTION SURGEONS THAT THE VACS WOULD PREVENT TRANSMISSION AND THE PANDEMIC.
UH, TOTALLY, UH, CANCELED THERAPEUTICS LIKE HYDROXY HCQ AND IVERMECTIN THAT HAVE BEEN STELLAR FOR 60 YEARS STANDARD MEDICAL PRACTICE.
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ROBINSON, FOR, FOR, FOR, I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKER CARDS, MAYOR YOU CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNS? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.I'LL TRY AND RESPOND BRIEFLY TO THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE TONIGHT.
AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, UM, MR. HERMAN, UM, ASKED ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH THE CITY'S AGENDAS ARE POSTED BOTH THE PUBLIC AND THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDAS ARE POSTED AND REPORTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW.
BUT MR. GREENSPAN, UM, HAD SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE FOOTHILL TRANSIT BOARD.
I'D BE HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THERE, IF YOU NEED SOME HELP RECRUITING FOR VACANCIES ON THAT BOARD.
I KNOW IT'S A VERY HIGH FUNCTIONING AGENCY AND WE'RE PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT.
UM, THANK YOU, ELSIE FOR SHARING THE, UM, KUDOS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FOR SHARING YOUR MEMORIES.
UM, WE'RE GONNA, UH, MARY INDICATED ADJOURN TONIGHT'S MEETING IN HONOR OF YOUR FRIEND AND LEAVE HER WITH THOSE THOUGHTS IN OUR MINDS.
UM, LAURA GLENDO, UM, MENTIONED I'VE BEEN OUT AND MET WITH SHE AND, UM, HER NEIGHBORS ONCE.
I HAVEN'T SCHEDULED A TIME TO DO THAT YET, BUT I KNOW WE NEED TO DO MORE WORK IN LMD TWO, AND WE'RE GOING TO STAY ON THAT UNTIL WE FIX IT, ESPECIALLY IMMEDIATELY NEED TO DO SOME DEAD WOODING, GET RID OF THE TREES THAT ARE DISEASED AND DEAD.
UM, NICOLE ASKED ABOUT, UM, SOME TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AT SUNSET AND ROLAND.
I'LL BE SPEAKING WITH THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER TOMORROW AND WE'LL FOLLOW THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE.
AND WE WILL RETURN TO THE COUNCIL WITH HER RECOMMENDATIONS, TRAFFIC ENGINEER'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW WE MIGHT TREAT THAT INTERSECTION DIFFERENTLY OR BETTER.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO OPPORTUNITIES TO SOLVE WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, THINGS THAT WE CAN, UM, FIX FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, MR. ELLIOTT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, KUDOS FOR BOTH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR PARKS WORKERS.
I SHARE THOSE, I KNOW THAT THE NIGHT THAT CHASE WAS GOING ON, I WAS CONTACTED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
AND I CAN TELL YOU WHEN THE CHIEF CALLS ME ABOUT NINE 30 AT NIGHT, IT'S NEVER GOOD NEWS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NEVER, GEE, DAVE, YOU GOT THE GAME ON.
HE WAS IN THIS CASE, IT WAS TURN ON CHANNEL NINE.
SO MY HEART WAS IN MY THROAT, BUT I WAS, I WAS QUITE PROUD OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT EVENING ALSO, UM, THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME CHANGES TO THE LAWS IN TERMS OF, UM, CONCEALED CARRY.
AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE SOME OF THAT OUT.
WE'LL RETURN TO THE COUNCIL WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, FOR THE WAYS THAT WE COULD REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAWS IN THAT AREA.
UM, MR. SHEWMAKER HAD A NUMBER OF OPINIONS.
HE PROFFERED, AND ALSO ASKS A QUESTION ABOUT THE RESIDENCY OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CONSERVATION CORPS, UH, PARTICIPANTS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TONIGHT SHARED SOME OF THOSE STATISTICS.
AND I'LL, I'LL CONFIRM THOSE WITH NORMA AND RESPOND WITH THOSE.
I THINK SHE SAID 10, SHE SAID 10, AND I'LL I'LL, I'LL GET THAT NUMBER AND, AND RETURN IT TO MR. SHEWMAKER AND THEN FINALLY, UM, MR. ROBINSON OFFERED, UH, COVID COMMENTS.
I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANY RESPONSE TO THAT.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
AND DO YOU HAVE A REPORT FOR US THIS EVENING? OH, QUICK QUESTION FOR CITY MAN.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN REQUEST THE SCHEDULE TO A-LIST BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAFE, WHICH ALL THESE DEAD TREE IS ALIVE.
AND DO YOU HAVE A SCHEDULED? I REMEMBER YOU WANT THE CONTRACT TO SOME OKAY.
WE NEED TO CLEAN THIS THING ASAP.
SO I THINK WE TALK ABOUT THIS MAYBE NUMEROUS WEEKS AGO.
SO DO YOU HAVE A SCHEDULE FOR THIS? UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WAS IN CONVERSATION TODAY AND WE'VE SIGNED A PURCHASE ORDER TO GET THAT INTO EFFECT TODAY.
I EXPECT WE'LL HAVE IT DONE WITHIN THREE OR FOUR WEEKS.
SO WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE CAN SEE THE PROGRESS CLEAN UP THE HILL.
THE TIMEFRAME THAT I WAS QUOTED TODAY WAS WITHIN THREE OR FOUR WEEKS.
SO I'M EXPECTING PRETTY QUICKLY.
WE'LL START TO HEAR SOME CHAIN SAUCE.
BECAUSE THE DEAD TREE DRIED THE FILE HAS A, I THINK WE TALK ABOUT THIS AND YOU AGREED TO RIGHT NOW JUST OKAY.
CLEAN UP FIRST OR THE FILE HAS A ISSUE AND IT'S ON THE SOUSA.
YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE ON THE, OKAY.
LOOK, WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS AND NEED TO CLEAN UP AND YOU STILL SEE SOME TRASH.
AND THEY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED TO YES, SIR.
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A BRIEF REPORT, IF I MAY, UM, WANTING TO HIGHLIGHT OUR SUMMER CONCERTS ARE GOING IN AND GOING VERY WELL TOMORROW NIGHT IS AN THESE GROUP, THE SMOKING COBRAS, THE FOLLOWING WEEK IS THE, UH, SALINAS CONCERT.[01:30:01]
THEN WE'RE GOING TO ADD TO THE END OF THE SCHEDULE CALLED DAKOTA'S CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE LIGHTNING STORM.BUT THOSE ARE A LOT OF FUN AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND ENJOY THOSE, UH, WATER DAYS AT THE PARK CONTINUES ON FRIDAYS THIS WEEK.
IS IT SHADOW OAK FROM 1130 TO TWO 30? UM, THIS UPCOMING PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IS CANCELED, UM, DUE TO LACK OF APPLICATIONS AND BUSINESS TO NEED TENDED THAT NIGHT.
UM, CONTINUE TO GET QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CORTEZ PARK PLAYGROUND WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT COMPLETED THIS MONTH.
THE CONTRACTOR, UM, GOT THE RESUPPLY FOLLOWING THE, THE DAMAGE TO THAT EQUIPMENT IN ARSON.
HE HAD TO MAKE A CLAIM OF INJURY, HIS INSURANCE COMPANY.
BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE'RE STILL ON TRACK TO GET THAT DONE.
UM, BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, I WANT PEOPLE TO SAVE THE DATE IF THEY WOULD, FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT AND ABOUT AT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD GATHERINGS.
AND FOR THAT REASON, WE'LL NOT BE HOLDING A CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT NIGHT, UM, WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND PUBLICLY THANK OUR VOLUNTEERS THAT CAME OUT LAST SATURDAY MORNING AT 7:00 AM TO SHARE OF THEIR TIME AND THEIR LABOR TO HELP THE COMMUNITY WITH SOME CLEANUP.
THEIR GRAFFITI IN THIS TOWN REMAINS, UM, A BIG PROBLEM HOW TO CONTROL, BUT IT WAS REALLY HEARTENING TO ME TO, TO SEE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT.
AND I'D LIKE TO MENTION, NOT EVERYBODY SIGNED MY PERMISSION SLIPS AND BRITTANY'S LIABILITY WAIVERS, BUT I DID GET QUITE A FEW OF THE NAMES, INCLUDING OUR MAYOR PRO TEM ROSARIO, D S THE PERSON THAT DID MOST OF THE ORGANIZATION, GLENN KENNEDY, FORMER MAYOR JOHNSON, THE GENO'S, THE ROBERTS MICHAEL FLOWER JOINED NASSER, LISA SOUR, CRYSTAL SANCHEZ, DON SKIRTY, SHERRI FISHER.
SHE WAS HERE, BUT I THINK SHE LEFT.
UM, AND, UH, MY CAREER, BOTH JUNIOR AND SENIOR, I ALSO HAD IN A SEPARATE GROUP WORKING HERE ON THE CIVIC CENTER CAMPUS, UH, FORMER MAYOR, UH, CORY WARSHAW AND MYSELF, AND A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE, INCLUDING OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK AND HER HUSBAND, UM, PLANT SOME ROSES AND DO SOME OTHER THINGS THAT NEEDED, UM, TENDED TO HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO GET ANOTHER ONE OF THESE SCHEDULED.
I WAS REALLY HEARTENED BY THE TURNOUT.
I THOUGHT MAYBE WE'D GET ONE OR TWO, BUT WE HAD, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL WHO TOOK THE TIME AND, AND SHARED IT.
UM, WANTED TO CALL ATTENTION TO A STREET CLOSURE.
IT'LL BE A PARTIAL TWO LANE CLOSURE I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THE, UM, WATER DISTRICT.
SUBURBAN HAS BEEN TRYING TO FOCUS ON MAJOR WATER PROJECTS RATHER THAN JUST CHASING LEAKS.
BUT THIS IS A PRETTY IMPORTANT ONE ON VINCENT AVENUE, UM, FROM, FROM NORTH OF THE 10 FREEWAY TO SOUTH, FROM, UM, THERESA STREET TO THE WALNUT CREEK PARKWAY FOR WATERLINE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, JULY 21ST AND THEN THE 26TH TO THE 28TH FROM NINE TO THREE.
SO THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD ROUTE TO AVOID IF YOU, IF YOU CAN.
UM, AS A GENERAL REMINDER, THERE'S A MUNICIPAL ELECTION SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 8TH.
UM, PEOPLE CAN CONTACT THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, TO LEARN ALL OF THE FORMS AND PROCEDURES THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED.
SHOULD PEOPLE BE INTERESTED AND AS WAS MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO BE ADJOURNING TONIGHT'S MEANING IN MEMORY OF
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE MANAGER AND QUESTION.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, IN REGARDS TO THE GRAFFITI, I WANTED TO THINK, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, FOR GOING OUT AND SHE ACTUALLY CLEANED OUT, UH, ORANGE WOODS SKATE PARK TWICE.
SO THIS IS HER SECOND TIME AND YOU KNOW, HOW THAT GETS GRAFFITIED ON.
UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO BRING OUT ONE OF, UM, A RESIDENT VICKI SHALITA.
SHE SAYS ON FRANCISQUITO AND RAMA.
THEY HIT THAT WALL ALL THE TIME, AND I KNOW SHE CALLS IT IN, BUT NOW SHE TAKES THE LIBERTY HERSELF AND HER HUSBAND TO ACTUALLY PAINT IT.
AND HER HUSBAND ACTUALLY GOT HER A SPRAY.
SO NOW SHE SPRAYS THE, UH, YEAH.
UM, SHE HAS, IT SENT PICTURES, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE HARD WORK IN GETTING THIS GRAFFITI OUT.
CAUSE THEY DID TWO LOCATIONS, RIGHT.
OR WHAT LOCATIONS, CAMERON AND ORANGE.
I KNOW THE SCHLAGERS ARE VERY ACTIVE.
I MET A NAME WHOSE NAME I WON'T MENTION BECAUSE I THINK HE WANTED, IT KEPT QUIET.
AND HE SAID THAT HE'S BOUGHT, UM, PAINT, THE COLOR OF CALC TRANS CONCRETE AND HAS A LITTLE TECHNIQUE WHERE HE DIPS A SPONGE INTO THE PAINT AND JUST BLOTS IT OUT AND THEN REPORTS IT TO CALTRANS.
CAUSE HE CAN'T STAND TO LOOK AT IT.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH GOOD HEARTS THAT ARE CONTINUING THIS FIGHT.
AND I REALLY AM HEARTENED BY THAT.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS.
THEY STARTED THIS LAST SATURDAY AT THE SKATE PARK AND I CALLED TO CHECK ON THEM LIKE, WHERE ARE YOU GUYS? AND THEY SAID, WE WENT TO CAMERA, HAD CAMERA AND I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO GO TO CAMERON.
BUT ANYWAY, IT TURNS OUT THEY DID SOME GOOD WORK THERE TOO.
SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS.
IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE KENNEDY REALLY WAS, YEAH, GLEN WAS THE LEADER AND I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE GOING TO COORDINATE ANOTHER ONE OF THESE.
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WORD OUT ONCE THEY, ONCE THEY PICK A DATE, APRIL 10TH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY LOVE THE CITY AND UM, THEY JUST WANT TO DO GOOD THINGS FOR THE CITY.AND UH, IT'S NOT ABOUT NOT HAVING A MAINTENANCE TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE CAN DO THIS MAINTENANCE, OUR MAINTENANCE CREW CAN BE OUT THERE ALL THE TIME.
WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IT OR, OR BE ABLE TO, I MEAN, TOTALLY GET RID OF IT.
BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THESE PEOPLE THAT WERE OUT THERE WERE SO POSITIVE AND, UM, IT WAS JUST A FUN TIME TO BE OUT THERE, JUST CLEAN UP OUR SKATE PARK.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING MANY MORE.
I WAS TALKING TO THE CITY MANAGER AND I LOVE DOING STUFF.
I LOVE ACTUALLY HANDS-ON I LIKE INSTINCT GRATIFICATION OF SEEING WHAT THE DIFFERENCE MAKES, YOU KNOW, AFTER YOU'RE OUT THERE.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, IF ANYONE WANTS TO PARTICIPATE, COME ON OUT.
WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GET ALL THE HELP WE CAN FROM EVERYONE, EVERYONE THAT LOVES THEIR CITY.
SO IT WASN'T ABLE TO, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS OTHERS AND I'VE DONE IT BEFORE AND I'LL CONTINUE TO DO MORE.
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WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM CONSENT ITEM SIX THAT'S SIX REQUESTING TO BE POOLED 5, 5, 5, AND ANY OTHERS.
UM, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH 10? WELL, ONE THROUGH NINE, EXCEPT FOR FIVE, SIX AND 10.
HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ V A SECOND BY MAY APPROACH HIM D IS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM FIVE, SIX AND 10 COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN WILL COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VETO MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ.
[5) WEST COVINA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1 SETTING OF FISCALYEAR 2022-23 ASSESSMENT RATE]
FIVE ULTIMATE ABOUT TO BUY AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS.UH, SO ON, ON, ON THE REPORT AND THIS WAS ALSO ON, ON, ON NUMBER SIX, UH, AND SO I KNOW, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, VIBRATO HAS PULLED IT OFF.
UM, IT STATES, UH, AS COSTS HAVE RISEN, MAINTENANCE HAS SUFFERED.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE BUDGET REQUIRED FOR INCREASED LANDSCAPING, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION SCOPE IS APPROXIMATELY DOUBLE THE EXISTING LMD ONE BUDGET.
AND IT SAYS THE SAME THING ON, ON NUMBER TWO, UH, A FULL STUDY IS NEEDED TO ASCERTAIN WHAT A PROPER LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE WOULD COST AND EXPLORE HOW TO PROPERLY SET THE ASSESSMENT RATE.
ACCORDINGLY SUCH A STUDY WILL TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS AND IF RATES ARE TO BE INCREASED, WOULD REQUIRE A VOTE BY THE AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO IS THAT A STUDY THAT THAT IS BEING DONE OR DOES IT NEED THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL FOR US TO CONDUCT THAT STUDY? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO WE'VE ALREADY HIRED WILL DAN TO DO THE ASSESSMENT, UM, FOR ALL OF THE L LMDS OR THE, UM, ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS.
AND SO LMD ONE AND LMD TWO WILL BE PART OF THAT AND REVIEWING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO INCREASE THE ASSESSMENTS PLACED ON THE PROPERTIES.
UM, OR IF WE JUST ARE ABLE TO INCREASE THE MAINTENANCE, UH, LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE OR SCOPE OF MAINTENANCE FOR THOSE DISTRICTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TOWN HALLS RELATED WITH, TO THAT STUDY.
SO, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH AN INC OR ASSESSING EACH DISTRICT WILL HAVE TOWN HALLS, UM, INVITING MEMBERS OF THAT DISTRICT TO COME AND ATTEND AND GO OVER WHAT THE CURRENT LEVEL OR SCOPE OF MAINTENANCE IS INCLUDED.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, UM, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN FROM THERE, WHAT THE CURRENT ASSESSMENT RATES ARE AND HOW WE NEED TO ADJUST THEM ACCORDINGLY TO INCREASE THE SCOPE OF MAINTENANCE, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I'D LIKE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING I REQUESTED BY WAY OF MS. MRS. GALINDO'S EFFORTS.
SHE'S BEEN CONTACTING ME ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME, SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON REASSESSING THAT.
AND WHEN, WHEN YOU GET NOTICED, PLEASE SHOW UP AND INVITE EVERYONE TO SHOW UP AS WELL.
MAY I ALSO ADD ONE THING? I DO APOLOGIZE.
SO WITHIN LAST YEAR, I KNOW, UM, OUR EFFORTS FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, DAVE CARMONEY, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO CHANGE THE ALLOWED USE OF THE MONIES FROM LMD ONE AND LMD TWO.
THEY WERE, UM, FORMED UNDER A SPECIFIC LAW THAT LIMITED THE TYPE OF FI, UH, USES FOR THOSE MONIES.
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THAT, UM, AND CHANGE THOSE, UH, USES ARE ALLOWED USES OF MONIES.SO WE ARE ABLE TO INCREASE, UH, OUR EXPENDITURES FOR DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
SO AS A RESULT, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD 300,000 FOR LMD, ONE FOR CIP PROJECTS THIS YEAR, AND A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR LMD TWO, UH, LMD TWO IS THE DISTRICT, AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT DOES INCLUDE THE HILLSIDE.
AND I CAN INCLUDE, YOU CAN WAIT A SECOND.
SO THIS IS LMD ONE, AND THEN THIS IS LMD TWO.
AND SO THAT WILL INCLUDE A HILLSIDE CLEANUP, UM, AND MAINTENANCE AS PART OF THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND THAT WE'VE, UH, INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.
UM, FOR BOTH OF THE DISTRICTS, THEY WILL BE MAINTAINING THE SAME ASSESSMENT RATE AS THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, AND THEY'RE THE TWO THAT DO OPERATE.
UM, THEY, THE OTHER LMDS OPERATE A DEFICIT.
THEY DON'T, AND ACTION WAS BY WAY OF A STATE LEGISLATIVE ACTION, RIGHT? GO AHEAD.
AND CITY MANAGER, WELL, YOU GOT TO THE RIGHT CONCLUSION QUICKLY.
IT WAS A CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT THOSE DISTRICTS WERE CONSTITUTED.
ONE WAS DONE UNDER THE 1911 ACT, AND IT WAS CHANGED TO ALLOW THE FUNDS TO BE EXPENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LANDSCAPING LIGHTING DISK ACT OF 1972.
IT JUST CREATES MORE LATITUDE FOR US TO CHOOSE THE WAY IN WHICH THE MONEY IS SPENT.
BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO, IN THE SHORT TERM, HELP US IN THE LONGTERM.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT FUNDING LEVELS WELL, KUDOS TO YOU FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
AND THAT WAS THROUGH OUR SENATOR'S OFFICE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
THROUGH SENATOR RUBIO'S OFFICE, THEY, THEY, THEY IMMEDIATELY GOT BEHIND THAT LEGISLATION AND CARRIED THE BILL FOR US.
AND WE, WE OWE THEM A THANKS FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
IT'S A SMALL CHANGE THAT HAD A PRETTY BIG IMPACT FOR THESE DISTRICTS.
WE'LL LET THEM KNOW THEY WERE THANKED TODAY.
UM, DOES THAT SATISFY OUR QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, TIMETABLE OR FOR THAT REPORT? DO WE, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA WHEN THAT WILL BE COMING? WE'LL PROBABLY START ON THOSE ASSESSMENTS, UM, EARLY FALL MID-FALL UM, THE DEADLINE IS WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THE ASSESSMENT, UH, ON DISTRICT, UM, IN AUGUST TO THE COUNTY.
SO OUR DEADLINES BEFORE THE END OF NEXT AUGUST.
FOLLOWING THE, MY COLLEAGUE REGARDING THE WE ALL THESE DISTRI.
I KNOW WE HAVE A MORE IN THE BAG FOR 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, BUT THE POINT IS, IS OKAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE HILLSIDE, WE HAVE SO MANY HILLSIDE NOSE AND SOUTH IS ON WEST SIDE.
WE ALL HAVE THIS HILLSIDE AND A LOT OF HILLS SIDE THAT REALLY LACK OF, UM, OKAY.
ATTENTION FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
W NOW WE GOT POTENTIALLY OLDIES MIND TO FIX ALL THESE THING.
REGULARLY, RATHER THAN DOING ONE TIME AND THE WAY FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS.
SO HOW WE BE PROACTIVE PEOPLE THAT SYSTEMATICALLY, AND I THINK I'VE BEEN REQUESTED FOR MANY, MANY TIMES HOW WE GO TO TREE TRIMMING, HOW WE GO TO THE MEN AND THE HILLSIDE AND A COMMON AREA, THE CITY OWNED AREAS, HOW CAN WE DO IT WITH A SYSTEM WITH OUR STAFF WAS ALL CONTRACTED TO MAKE SURE, OKAY.
AND, UH, THE TIME GOES SO FAST, CABO YOU GO THROUGH AND THE OVERGROWN VEGETATION AS A, AGAIN, AND WITH THIS DROUGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF BROWN DURING THE SUMMER TIME.
SO HOW WE DO THIS, SO HOW WE CAN GET THIS MONEY AND CONTINUOUSLY TO THE MAINTENANCE WITH A PROPER SCHEDULING.
AND SIR, SO AS MENTIONED, WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS AND DOING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT AND MAINTENANCE LEVELS AND HOW WE, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO INCREASE THEM SO THAT THEY ARE MAINTAINED AT A PROPER LEVEL.
UM, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE ASSESSMENT RATES TO SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED.
SO NOT ONLY DO WE DO A CLEANUP, BUT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT, UM, LOOKING NICE, UH, THROUGHOUT WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO FOCUS ON JUST A ONE-TIME CLEANUP, AND THEN WE'LL LET IT COME BACK TO THE SITUATION.
SO WILL THERE BE SOME SORT OF INFLATION FACTOR BUILT INTO THAT STUDY? LOOK AT GETTING, YOU KNOW, QUOTES OR RATES, CURRENT RATES FOR MAINTENANCE COST.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR CONCERNS? OH, OKAY.
UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? ANYBODY MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE? OKAY.
WE HAVE A FIRST, SECOND AND A SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO BUY, TO BUY IN A SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN LOPEZ BEATO FOR ITEM NUMBER
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FIVE, COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUTS BY COUNCIL MEN, WU COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, VITA.I MAY APPROACH HIM D'USSE I MAYOR CASTELLANO'S NUMBER FIVE, PASSES FIVE ZERO, MOVING ON TO NUMBER SIX,
[6) WEST COVINA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 2 SETTING OF FISCALYEAR 2022-23 ASSESSMENT RATE]
COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.I'M ACTUALLY TWO OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ALREADY ASKED SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS, BUT ON, UM, LMD TWO, UH, ARE THERE ANY LIGHTED POST-SALES UM, IN THAT DISTRICT? I KNOW SHE MENTIONED THAT THERE'S NONE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY.
SO DISTRICT INCLUDES HILLSIDES AND TREES.
SO THEN THAT ON THE REPORT THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED.
IT'S CONTAINS LIGHTED PRESALE LANDSCAPE, HILLSIDE SLOPES, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO ALSO, UM, RECOMMENDED TO MODIFY THE PASEO LIGHTING TO LED, BUT THERE'S NONSTOP.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S PRE-SALES, BUT LANDSCAPING AND TREE MAINTENANCE IS INCLUDED IN THAT DISTRICT.
UM, AND THEN WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHEN IS THE TREE TRIMMING CYCLE ON THIS? UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS ON THE LAST REPORT THAT THEY SAID THAT THE TREE TREE TREE TRIMMING CYCLE IS GOING TO BE, UM, THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR FOR, WE ARE GOING FROM A SEVEN-YEAR TREE TRIMMING CYCLE TO A FIVE-YEAR.
BUT HAS THIS, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THIS ONE WAS, UM, TRIMMED OR IS IT GOING TO BE, IS THIS CYCLE COMING UP SOON? LET ME TAKE A LOOK.
AND THEN, UM, AS A COUNCIL MEN, WE MENTIONED ABOUT THE, UH, TRASH REMOVAL AND CLEARING OF THE HILLSIDE.
UH, THAT WAS THE QUESTION I HAD IN REGARDS TO MAINTENANCE.
HOW OFTEN, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE CURRENTLY? LIKE HOW OFTEN DOES IT GET, UM, CLEANED UP CURRENTLY? I THINK IT'S ON A WEEKLY OR MONTHLY SCHEDULE.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S IN REFERENCE TO THIS ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, AGENDA FIVE AND GOING, MOVING FORWARD IS JUST TO SEE WHAT THE TIMELINE, THE, THE CURRENT SCOPE OF MAINTENANCE IS ONLY INCLUDES THREE FEET FROM THE CURB AND THREE FEET CLEARANCE FROM THE HOUSE ON THE END OF THE, OF THE PROPERTIES.
UM, AND IT DOESN'T DO SHRUBS OR PLANTS ABOVE THREE FEET HIGH CURRENTLY.
SO IF THE PLANTS ARE HIGHER THAN THAT, THEN THEY'RE NOT, THEY DON'T GET MAINTAINED RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE ASSESSMENT WHERE WE'D HAVE TO DO A CLEANUP TO GET IT TO THE LEVEL WHERE THEN THE LANDSCAPING COMPANY CAN UPKEEP IT.
I MEAN, JUST TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO OUR RESIDENTS AND TO US, UM, FOR ALL THESE, YOU SEE, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH BUYING THE WHOLE BINDER OF THE, UH, UM, YEAH, THE CLEANING, SO, OKAY.
I MEAN, COUNSEL WOMAN'S OPENS THE AUTO GREAT COMMENTS, GREAT QUESTIONS AND GOOD ADDITION, MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ.
UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES I ALSO NOTICED WAS THAT THE EROSION FROM THE HILLSIDE AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE RAINS AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY VEGETATION THERE, I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SLIDING HILLSIDE THERE.
SO I THINK THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS? ALL RIGHT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION ON NUMBER SIX, ALL MOTION WITH THE CORRECTION OF THE PASEO LIGHTING AND I'LL SECOND IT RIGHT.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ.
APPROACH HIM IS WITH THE CORRECTION OF THE PASEO LIGHTING COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOX BY COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.
I NEAR CUSTOM LLANOS NUMBER SIX, PASSES FIVE ZERO.
[10) CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENTS WITH UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., TOIMPLEMENT AN ON-DEMAND RIDE HAILING PILOT PROGRAM]
PULLED BY A COUNCILMAN WU COUNCILMAN LUTHERAN.A NUMBER OF TIMES UBER DIAL, RIGHT.
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND, OR THE SHARE TO THE RESIDENT, HOW WE DO THIS BECAUSE BASED ON YOUR OKAY.
AND, UH, AGENDA IS LIKE $50,000 MRI.
SO HOW WE USE THESE $50,000, HOW FAS IS GOING TO RUN OUT THE $50,000, WHAT KIND OF, UH, UH, PEOPLE CAN QUALIFY TO DIAL, UH, RYE USED TO UBER.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN HOW WE OKAY.
USING THIS SYSTEM AND THE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THE UBER, MOST OF THEM ARE THE, FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE, I, MYSELF.
I DON'T EVEN AS A SENIOR, I DON'T EVEN USE UBER.
SO, SO HOW WE DOWNLOAD THE APP AND HOW TO SHOW THE US OKAY.
PEOPLE SENIOR TO USE TO UTILIZE THIS, A NEW FACILITY.
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THEM HOW TO USE IT.SO MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE WITH US, UH, HOW WE UTILIZE THIS PROGRAM AND SO PEOPLE CAN USE IT.
UM, I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN ANSWER.
AND THEN I'LL HAVE KELLY MCDONALD THE HELP.
UM, SO THIS PROGRAM IS TO HELP AUGMENT OR DIAL A RIDE IT'S SEPARATE FROM THE TRANSIT EVALUATION THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL HAD PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED DIRECTION ON, UM, FOR THE CITY TO WORK WITH UBER AND THROUGH NV TRANSIT FOR THEM TO MANAGE THE PROGRAM.
WE HAVE SAID, UM, COUNSELORS SINCE CHANGED DIRECTION FOR CITY STAFF TO MANAGE THE PROGRAM DIRECTLY.
UM, AND IT'S TARGETED FOR, UH, INDIVIDUALS 55 AND OVER, LIKE I MENTIONED, IT'S TO AUGMENT THE DIALER RIDE PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEN IT WOULD BE A SUBSIDIZED PROGRAM WHERE THE, UM, RIDER WOULD PAY A DOLLAR EACH WAY.
AND THEN THE CITY WOULD SUBSIDIZE THE BALANCE OF THE, THE, THE COST OF THE RIDE.
IT WOULD BE WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES.
UM, AND, AND THEN WITHIN THREE MILE RADIUS FOR MEDICAL, UM, OFFICES, OR IF THEY NEED TO GO TO THE DOCTORS.
ORDERED OR CONTROL ON THESE THREE MILES.
AND ASSAULTED PAY $1, THEN WE HAVE SUBSIDIZED THE DIFFERENCE.
I'M TAKING UBER WITH MY KID AND THEY USED THIS AND THAT.
AND, UM, I FIND OUT IT'S NOT EVEN THE CHIP, SO, OKAY.
HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THAT? OKAY.
T TAKE A UTILIZE THIS SERVICE AND THE, HOW WE GIVE TO THE PEOPLE THEY ARE QUALIFIED AND HOW THEY DO.
THEY HAVE THE DOLL DOWNLOAD THE APP.
AND THEN THEY HAVE TO DO IS THREE MILES AND THE, HOW WE OKAY.
AND PAY FOR IT AND THE, HOW WE MAKE SURE WE DON'T BE ABUSED BY SOME OTHER ISSUE.
THEY TAKE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ENDED UP USING THAT 50,000 WILL RUN OUT VERY, VERY FAST.
WE ARE STARTING THE PILOT PROGRAM.
I BELIEVE IT'S WITH 25, UM, APPLICANTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR THE PROGRAM.
SO WE DO VERIFY THAT THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE TRAINING STAFF.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A STAFF MEMBER.
THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE REQUEST FOR RIDES.
SHOULD THEY NOT BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM OR NEED ASSISTANCE? AND THEN I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
WE HAVE A HUNDRED, 1,000 20,000 POPULATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE TOWNS OF PEOPLE MORE THAN 55 YEARS MYSELF.
BUT I'M QUALIFIED TO TAKE THIS $1 THING, BUT WHILE I'M SAYING OKAY.
AND, UH, UH, HOW USE UTILIZE BASED ON INCOME BASED ON, WOW.
JUST BASED ON AGE, BASED ON AGE.
SO ANYBODY INCLUDING MYSELF, I CAN JUST USE UBER WHEN DOLLARS, THREE MILE.
SO I DON'T HAVE MY KID TO DRIVE ME AROUND.
THERE'S GOING TO, A LOT OF PEOPLE WE UTILIZE AND WHILE THEN LET THE PEOPLE REALLY NEEDED TO USE IT.
SO, SO MAYBE HOW DO WE HAVE A SYSTEM SYSTEM? WE CAN KIND OF CONTROL THAT THE PEOPLE IN POTOMAC, A CAR CANNOT DRY OR SOMETHING TO USE THIS SYSTEM RATHER THAN PEOPLE CAN DRY.
IT JUST WANTS TO SAVE THE GAS PRICE BECAUSE GAS IS EXPENSIVE.
HOW CAN WE LET THE NEED OF PEOPLE TO USE WAS KELLY'S WALKING UP, IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM.
SO I THINK THAT THE INITIAL 25, WE'RE GOING TO GAUGE THE INTEREST IN THE DEMAND.
AND THEN FROM THERE BUILD UP AND THEN WE COULD WORK ON IF WE NEED TO REFINE THE QUALIFICATIONS.
STARTING OUT WITH A 25 FOLKS AND IT'S A SIX, SIX MONTH PILOT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE TWEAKS AS WE GO THE RIDES.
AS A PILOT TO YOU TO LIE, DOES OF $50,000, CORRECT? YES.
THERE'S 25 PEOPLE TO UTILIZE WITH SIX MONTHS TO SEE HOW YOUR WORK THAT'S CURRENTLY TWENTY-FIVE PERSON, CORRECT.
VARIOUS MORE AMONG THEM RESIDENT.
TH THOSE WERE THE PARAMETERS THAT WERE WE, UH, THAT WERE APPROVED BY COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY AND HAVE BEEN REAFFIRMED A COUPLE OF TIMES WE CAN EXPAND THAT.
AND, UM, UH, RIDES ARE LIMITED TO, UH, TWO TO ROUND TRIP RIDES PER DAY.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL SEE HOW THE USAGE IS.
AND WE CAN, UH, BRING BACK TO, TO CHANGE THOSE GUIDELINES, TO, TO EXPAND USAGE AND COUNCILMAN ABOUT THE WAY.
UH, I THINK MY, MY BIG CONCERN IS, UM, UBER, UBER USES, UH, ALGORITHMS AND THEIR PRICING FLUCTUATES.
UH, AND, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE NO, NO CONTROL OVER HOW THE PRICING IS GOING TO BE.
IS THAT, THAT YEAH, THEY DO HAVE THE PRICE SURGES FOR, FOR, UM, BIG
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EVENTS, THAT SORT OF THING.IF YOU'RE GOING OUT TO A FEW AROUND THE FORUM, UM, THERE'S PROBABLY NO REASON FOR A SURGE WITHIN THE CITY OF RIGHT.
BUT, BUT WE, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT H HOW THEY COST.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, MY, MY, UH, MY SON WAS TAKING SWIMMING LESSONS AT EDGEWOOD AND OUR CAR WAS IN THE SHOP.
THEY UBERED TO MY HOUSE TWO BLOCKS.
AND THEN FROM OUR HOUSE DOWN, UH, POINT THAT ROAD TO THE SHOP THAT WE GET OUR CAR WORKED ON WAS $10.
BUT IT, IT, IT, WE DON'T, IT'S NOT AS IF THE, THE THERE'S A SET FAIR.
AND SO MY CONCERN IS HERE, YOU HAVE A PRIVATE ENTITY THAT IS CONTROLLING THE PRICING, AND IT FLUCTUATES, AND WE DON'T HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING, WHY THEY'RE CHARGING.
THAT'S THEIR PROPRIETARY RIGHT, UH, ALGORITHM THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ACCESS TO.
AND THEN THERE WERE SUBSIDIZING, RIGHT? SO OUR RESIDENTS ARE GONNA PAY THE DOLLAR.
UH, BUT WHEN WE GET THE BILL, IT'S, WHATEVER UBER TOLD US THE BILL WAS.
UH, AND SO MY CONCERN, MY CONCERN ISN'T NECESSARILY WHAT THE PILOT, MY CONCERN IS ONCE WE DECIDE MAYBE TO GO FORWARD, MAYBE WHEN THE CONTRACT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, $50,000 AND WENT INTO MAYBE A MILLION DOLLARS AND THEY, THEY MAKE THE DECISION TO, WELL, NOW IT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO, TO MELT THE CITY.
UH, AND SO I'M, I'M WONDERING IN, IN THIS, WHERE, WHERE ARE, ARE, ARE THERE ANY KINDS OF PROTECTIONS AGAINST US GETTING GOUGED? WELL, WE WOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRAM RECEIVING BILLINGS ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
AND WE, OH, IT WAS THIS, SORRY.
I'M SORRY THAT WE'VE PUT A CEILING ON, ON THE, ON THE MONTHLY USAGE OR, OR ON INDIVIDUAL RIDES.
I THINK THAT'S AND INTERJECT MONROVIA DOES THAT.
THEY HAVE THERE, UM, IT'S A SPECIAL RATE IF YOU GO INTO THE CITY OF MONROVIA AND IT'S $30 UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT, SO THE RIDER PAYS THREE, THE CITY PAYS THE DIFFERENCE UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
SO IF IT'S OVER $20, THEN THE WRITER'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
SO, BUT, SO WE HAVE OUR PARAMETERS THOUGH, IN THE DISTANCE, RIGHT.
UH, AND SO I THINK MY, MY CONCERN THOUGH, IS, IS THERE A CEILING ON WHAT WOULD UBER CAN CHARGE IN TERMS OF UPCHARGING OR WHATEVER, UM, FOR WITHIN THESE PARAMETERS.
CAUSE IF THERE'S NOT, THEN, THEN AGAIN, WITH WHAT MY CONCERN IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO SUBSIDIZE IT? IF OUR WRITER FOLLOWS THE PARAMETERS OF THEIR RIDE, THEY THEY'RE GOING TO PAY THE DOLLAR.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA PAY ANYTHING EXTRA, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT UBER IS NOT GOING TO CHARGE $13 FOR THE RIDE OR $17 FOR THE RIDE OR $22 FOR THE RIDE.
AND WE REALLY HAVE NO WAY OF VERIFYING.
WHY, WHY THE UPCHARGE RATHER, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN UBER UNDERSTANDS IT COULD, THEY COULD SAY SURGE PRICING, OR YOU COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, W WHATEVER THEIR RATIONALE IS, OR WILL THEY EVEN GIVE US A RATIONALE? WELL, DO WE EVEN HAVE THE CAPACITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S HAPPENING TO US? RIGHT.
SO, SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF MY, MY MAJOR CONCERN REGARDING, UM, YEAH.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, YOU CAN OVERHEAR JUST TO PORTO'S AND THAT'S $7.
AND ACTUALLY, UM, THE RATES DO INCREASE DURING PEAK TIME.
CAUSE I JUST WOULD CHECK TO SEE HOW MUCH IT COSTS, SAME LOCATION, BUT DEPENDING ON THE TIME, UH, THE RATES GO UP AND DOWN AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT MINIMUM FOUR, I, CAUSE I THINK AT ONE DAY I HAD MY CAR, UM, AT EASTLAND, UH, RIGHT.
AND IT WAS REALLY HOT AND I HAD, UM, WORK CLOTHES AND I JUST WANTED TO, IT WAS GOING TO BE OVER AN HOUR AND I WANTED TO JUST GO TO THE PLAZA RIGHT THERE, WALMART OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND I CHECKED UBER, I'M LIKE $8 JUST TO GO, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IN THERE.
SO THAT'S A VERY SHORT, UM, SPOTS OF, YOU SAY THREE MILES, YOU'RE LOOKING LIKE $25 FOR ONE SIDE, ONE TRIP, BUT IS THERE A WAY TO CAP IT WITH UBER? LIKE JUST SAY, OKAY, AT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DISTANCE, THE PRICE IS SET AT THIS SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT, LIKE A CAP OF WHERE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND OR, UM, THEY COULD DO THE CAPITOL.
BASED ON MILES OR, OR A CAP ON, YOU KNOW, IF, IF A RIOT EXCEEDS A CERTAIN AMOUNT, THEN YOU HAVE TAKEN AT
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THAT TIME.SO WE COULD DO A CAP ON THE SUBSIDY.
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE INQUIRING.
I DON'T, WE CAN'T PUT A CAP ON WHAT THEY WOULD CHARGE US.
IT DEPENDS ON THE DAY, THE TIME AND NUMBER OF DRIVERS THAT IMPACT THE PRICE OF YOUR RIDE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE OUT OF OUR CONTROL.
SO COULD WE, SO WE COULD CAP THE SUBSIDY.
AS I MENTIONED, THE CITY OF MONROVIA IS PROGRAM DOES DO THAT.
MY CONCERN BESIDE THE PRICE, HOW WE CONTROL AND HOW WE BUILDING, DO WE HAVE ABILITY TO AUDIT, TO CHECK THE BILL BILLING AND EXTRA STEP TO LOOK INTO THE THING? OKAY.
AND ANOTHER THING I CONCERNED IS WE ONLY HAVE A TINY FIVE PERSON HAS SPENT $50,000 FOR SIX MONTHS, BUT WHO IS THIS? 25% WHO QUALIFIED THIS 25%? SHOULD WE GET MORE? OKAY.
POOL OF A SENIOR THAT WE NEEDED.
THEY NEED TO GO TO SEE A DOCTOR REGULARLY.
THEY HAVE THE SCHOOL WHERE THIS, CAN WE GET THEM FROM THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO FILE WHO SEES THE SERVICE? A LOT OF SENIOR.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE POSSIBLE, REALLY NEEDED.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE, OKAY, LET ME FINISH PLEASE.
AND UH, SOME PEOPLE, THEY APPLY DIRE, RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT EVEN QUALIFY.
SO, SO WHERE DOES COVID QUALITY VACATION AND, UH, WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR CURRENT DIAL? RIGHT? AND THE, ARE THEY DYING OUT? ARE THEY OUT OF BUSINESS? OKAY.
NOW WE WANT TO USE THE UBER AS A REALLY FEASIBLE CONTROL THE PRICING.
SO THIS IS THE QUESTION I HAVE, WILL BE THE LIST OF PARTICIPANTS.
WE HAD ASKED EARLY ON FOR MV TO, TO IDENTIFY FOLKS, 25 PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE PART OF THE DIAL RIDE PROGRAM, WHO ARE THE HIGHEST FREQUENCY USERS AND WHO WOULD BE, UH, THEY FELT WOULD BE SAVVY ENOUGH TO, TO USE SUCH A PROGRAM.
SO THEY HAD REACHED OUT TO THESE INDIVIDUALS, THEY HAD EXPRESSED AN INTEREST.
AND SO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
AND HOW ABOUT THE CURRENT AIR RIDE SYSTEM? CURRENT TEASING THEM.
IT'S IT'S, UH, CONTINUING TO OPERATE.
JUST ANOTHER OF A EXTRA SERVICE WE WANT TO TRY.
USING 25% THAT CAN BE IDENTIFY AND THEN SPEND $50,000 FOR SIX MONTHS.
I MEAN, W IF, IF WE, IF WE USE THAT, I IT'S, IT'S HARD TO SAY WHAT, WHAT THE USAGE IS GOING TO BE IT AT THIS POINT.
AND, UH, IF WE WANT TO EXPAND THAT, HOW MANY PEOPLE USING THE MOREOVER VIA, DO YOU KNOW THE NUMBER AND THE, HOW MUCH COST AND THE BUDGET AND WHAT CAN ASSIST SYSTEM AND HOW THE SYSTEM THEY LIKE IT OR NOT? DO WE HAVE A RESEARCH AND STUDY ABOUT THE FEEDBACK FUNDAMENTAL?
THE ONE IN MONROVIA IS NOT SPECIFIC TO IT, OR IT'S NOT AGE RESTRICTED.
IT'S OPENED UP TO ANYONE THAT, UH, DOWNLOADS THE CODE.
IT'S I THINK GO MONROE VIA, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR BUDGET IS.
I KNOW STEPH HAS MET WITH THEM IN THE PAST, SO THEY DON'T HAVE A FIFTY-FIVE YEARS RESTRICTION, SO ANYBODY CAN DOWNLOAD AND THEY ONLY PAY $1 IT'S $3.
IT'S $3 UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THE RIDE.
IF THE RIDE GOES ABOVE THAT, THEN THE THERE IS A RADIUS.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S THREE MILES, DID HE KNOW HOW MUCH THEY COST THEM? BUDGET WISE, WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION.
WHY IS THE, UH, THE PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL JUST DON'T WANT TO WASTE $50,000 OR 25? THE PROGRAM IS VERY SUCCESSFUL, BUT WHEN IT OPENED, IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THEY WERE DOING RIDES AT MONROVIA THROUGH LYFT, AND, UH, THEY WERE DOING RIDES AT 50 CENTS PER AND THEY'VE SINCE HAD TO, BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND, IT'S VERY POPULAR THAT THEY'VE HAD TO INCREASE THE SURE.
MAYBE WE SHOULD COMPARE AGAINST WHAT EACH STYLE OF RIDE RIDE COSTS.
I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY MY DOUBLE OR TRIPLE UBER RIDE.
IT'S NOT EFFICIENT IN ANY WAY, BUT IT'D BE GOOD TO GET THAT DATA TO COMPARE WHAT ONE, UH, BASED ON OUR USAGE, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT.
I THINK, UH, AS PART OF OUR EVALUATION IS SOMEWHERE TO 25, $30 PER PERSON, BASED ON THE USAGE.
THERE'S THIS PROGRAM FOR, UM, ONLY SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
AND, UH, WHAT ELSE? PEOPLE THAT HAVE MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS OR IS IT FOR ANYONE UP CURRENTLY? I HAVE AN OVER, BUT,
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AND THESE 25 ALL QUALIFY UNDER THIS, UM, HOW EITHER THEY'RE HAVING DISABILITIES OR HAVING MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS? THAT'S CORRECT.UM, CAN WE, CAN WE USE, UH, MARIA MODEL TO GIVE A TRY? OKAY.
LET, SO IT'S NOT ONLY RESTRICTED 25% SPECIAL INTEREST PEOPLE.
WHO CHOOSE THESE 25, THEN EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO EVEN MORE WHERE WE ARE DOING SUCCESSFULLY.
AND WHY NOW GIVE A PILOT ANYTHING TO EXPLORE OPTIONS.
IF THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL, YOU SAY VERY SUCCESSFUL AND THEY USING EVERYBODY CAN USE IT.
AND WHY NOT? WE GIVE A TRY, OPEN UP EVERYBODY TO TRY IT FOR 50,000.
FOR EVERYBODY CAN USE IT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE MAYBE WANT TO USE IN THE, OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NOT FEASIBLE.
HOW DO YOU THINK KELLY? UM, CAN YOU SAY IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL? IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL.
BUT CAN WE ADOPT, JUST TRY TO PILOT USING WEST COAST BEING A, A SMALLER THAN US.
SO WE CAN, WE DO SOME SIMILAR PROGRAM.
LIKE THEY HAVE, SO EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE RATHER THAN THE US WITH TWO TO 20 FOOT, 5%.
YOU HAVE ANYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO, UH, $50,000 WOULD GO REALLY QUICK IF YOU JUST OPENED IT UP WITHOUT ANY, ANY TYPE OF RESTRICTION.
OH, THE WE CHECK MONROVIA, SEE HOW THEY DO.
AND I DON'T THINK THEY SPEND MILLION DOLLARS JUST FOR UBER.
IT'S COMPARABLE TO OUR, A SHUTTLE, A SHUTTLE SERVICE, OUR SHOVELED BUDGET, HIS, UH, I KNOW ONE TIME.
THIS MAY BE YOU, BUT TRY AS A PILOT TO KEEP A TRACK, USE THE DEMAND.
I MEAN, SOME, BUT ANY ATTEMPT WILL BE BETTER THAN THE GHOST BUSES WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD GET, UM, A TRAFFIC STUDY FROM MONROVIA, UH, TO SEE HOW, UH, UH, HIGH USAGE OF UBER, UH, I KNOW OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE CONTRACTED OUT WITH, WITH UBER OR LYFT, UH, HAVE HAD IMPACTS ON TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF, UH, DEADHEADING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, AND SO I THINK THAT'S AN INFRASTRUCTURE COST.
WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT, UH, AND SO IF WE SEE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE INFORMATION LIKE THAT, UH, THE IMPACT ON, ON TRAFFIC AS WE INCREASE, UM, THE POSSIBLE USAGE OF THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO MAYBE TABLE THIS OR CONTINUE TO HAVE A OKAY.
AND THEN, WELL, TO USE A 50,000, 25%, OR WE OPEN UP FOR EVERYBODY, LIKE MORE WILL BE ASSISTANT.
I SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN DO IT, GIVE A, TRY A PILOT AND SEE, AND THE TRAFFIC STUDY ALL COMBINED TOGETHER AND THEY BRING IT TO US.
THEN WE DECIDE WHICH ONE WE CHOOSE.
IT'S MY, MY MOTION TO, TO ELLIS.
WE HAVE A NUMBER TO RELY ON WHY NOW I THINK 25% FOR SIX MONTHS, IT WILL TAKE FOREVER SIX MONTHS AND PLUS $50,000, ONLY 25%.
SO MAYBE WE SHOULD SIMPLE, MORE DEMAND ENTIRE CT JUST USED A MONROVIA MODEL.
AND IF THEY ARE SO SUCCESSFUL.
UM, MAYBE IF WE CAN GET APPROVAL FOR THE PROGRAM AS IS, AND THEN GET IT UP AND STARTED BECAUSE WE'LL STILL NEED THE SAME INFRASTRUCTURE IF WE OPEN IT UP TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH OPTIONS TO EXPAND IT TO OTHER WRITERS.
UH, THE, THE MOTION AND, AND I, I THINK, UH, THE, THE THING HERE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE, ONCE YOU, YOU, YOU KIND OF OPEN THIS UP WITH, WITHOUT ALL THE PROPER INFORMATION, UH, IT, IT ALSO BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO TAKE SOMETHING AWAY THAT YOU'VE JUST PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS.
UH, AND SO, I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS KIND OF A BIG DEAL.
YOU'RE TALKING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN MONROVIA.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THIS IS, UH, A NECESSITY TO RUSH THE THING THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, THAT YOU CAN GET AND YOU CAN PROVIDE TO US.
AND THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE A REALLY THOUGHTFUL DECISION AS OPPOSED TO, WELL, LET'S JUST APPROVE THIS FOR THESE 25 AND THEN, YOU KNOW, GO FROM THERE.
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I, A SECOND, UH, CONTINENTAL SURE.I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER WU WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO
OUR CUSTOMER KNOWS NO ITEM PASSES FOR ONE, OR IS TABLED WITH THAT DIRECTION.
MAY I THREW THE CHAIR? IF I MAY, WE MADE A MOTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
AND IF I CAN PLEASE JUST HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO READ THAT TITLE INTO THE RECORD.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 5 0 0 INORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING PORTIONS OF DIVISION 11 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS OF ARTICLE 12 SPECIAL SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR UNIQUE USES OF CHAPTER 26, ZONING OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE TO AUTHORIZE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
THIS ITEM WAS PASSED FIVE ZERO.
MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS, ITEM NUMBER 11 IS THE WEST COVINA CITYWIDE LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS MATTER IS SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING WITHIN THE WEST COMINA CITY-WIDE LIGHTENING LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.
WILL THE CITY CLERK VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN PROPER LEGAL NOTICE WAS GIVEN MAYOR.
AT THIS TIME, I SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF SECOND, LET'S SEE HERE, ACTUALLY, I'D
[12) WEST COVINA CITYWIDE SEWER SERVICE CHARGE PUBLIC HEARING]
LIKE TO CHANGE THE ORDER.WANT TO DO ITEM NUMBER 12 FIRST FOR THE WEST COVINA CITYWIDE SEWER SERVICE CHARGE.
SO FOR NUMBER 12, WILL CITY CLERK VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN PROPER LEGAL NOTICE WAS GIVEN MAYOR.
AT THIS TIME, I SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE WEST COVINA CITYWIDE SEWER SERVICE CHARGE.
THERE WILL BE, THERE WILL FIRST BE THE PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT.
THEN WE SHALL HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC MR. CARMONEY, WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT.
IF I CAN JUMP IN FOR HIM, I BELIEVE, UH, MS. PAULINA MORALES IS GOING TO GIVE THE STAFF REPORT GOOD EVENING AGAIN.
UM, BUT PRESENTATION IS GOING TO INCLUDE A LITTLE BIT OF ALL OF THEM.
IT'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE, OF ALL OF THE LMDS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
UM, SO THE FIRST SLIDE HERE SHOWS A SUMMARY OF, LIKE I MENTIONED, ALL OF THE LMDS, THE SEVEN THAT WERE ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
UM, THE CITY-WIDE IS ON TOP FOLLOWED BY THE CITYWIDE SEWER.
UM, THE FIRST COLUMN IS A FUN BALANCE.
UM, CITY-WIDE SEWER HAS SIX, A LITTLE BIT OVER 6.6 0.6 MILLION.
UM, THE ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED WILL GENERATE 4.1 MILLION WITH AN EXPENDITURE OF 4.5 MILLION THIS YEAR.
UM, IT'LL BE OPERATING AT A DEFICIT, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE RED AND WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE SEWER AND MAINTENANCE, UM, OR SORRY FOR THE SEWER LMD.
SO PART OF THE, UM, COST OR THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR INCLUDES A $1.3 MILLION CIP PROJECT, WHICH WOULD BE REPLACING THE SEWER MAINS ON GLENVIEW AND MICHELLE, UM, AND ALSO INCLUDES SOURCE SYSTEM CONTROLS IN POWER AND THEN CIP P LINING PROGRAM.
THAT'S REPLACING, UH, SEWER LINES WITHIN THE CITY.
AND SO THE ASSESSMENT, UM, FOR THE SEWER, AS I MENTIONED, WOULD REMAIN OR BE MAINTAINED FROM LAST YEAR AT 82.02.
SO THERE'S, IT'S A CITY WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES.
UM, IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS I'M AVAILABLE AND CHONI FROM WELDON IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF CITY STAFF? OKAY.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COMMENT ON THE SIDE OF THEM? MAYOR? I HAD TWO SPEAKER CARDS.
THIS IS ONLY ABOUT THE OFF THE, WELL,
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IF YOU JUST GET IT TO ME, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DROUGHT AND A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, MAYBE LAST MEETING, YOU HAD A GUY FROM THE WATER DISTRICT.UH, THIS SEWER, UH, THING MIGHT BE TURNED INTO A EXPANDED OPPORTUNITY.
I KNOW THE CAL, UH, UH, THE, UH, SOUTH HILLS COUNTRY CLUB USES GRAY WATER RECLAIMED WATER.
SO YOU'VE GOT THAT SYSTEM IN THIS AREA AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, AZUSA MEDIAN AND THE, UH, GLENDORA AVENUE AND VINCENT PROJECT, THE BEAUTIFICATION.
AND IT WOULD HELP THE DROUGHT IF YOU TURN THIS, UH, UH, UH, ITEM INCREASED THE, THE SCOPE AND, UH, INSTEAD OF USING, UH, POTABLE WATER, I THINK PROBABLY IT'S DESERT, UH, UH, DISTRIBUTED BY SUBURBAN OR A CITY OF AZUSA FOR THE VINCENT PROJECT.
BUT YOU COULD SUBSTITUTE AND USE THE TRUNK LINE THAT IT'S, IT'S IRRIGATING THE SOUTH HILLS COUNTRY CLUB AND ADD A FEW BRANCHES TO THAT CHRISTMAS TREE AND IRRIGATE.
I FORGET, UH, I THINK AZUSA AVENUE HAS A, UH, MEDIAN AND VINCENT AND, UH, AND PERHAPS EVEN GLENDORA AVENUE, I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS, BUT, UH, YOU CAN SUBSTITUTE POTABLE WATER WITH, UH, WITH RECLAIMED WATER AND, UH, USE THIS PROGRAM, EXPAND THE SCOPE.
AND, UH, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE TREES.
DO I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS OR, UH, YOU'RE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE JACARANDAS ON AZUSA AVENUE AND SOMETIMES THE ROOTS OF TREES WILL THEY'LL TEAR UP.
YOU GOT TO TELL YOU ABOUT SEWER, ONLY THE SEWER ITEM.
WELL THEN I'LL TALK ABOUT THE TREES WINTER, BUT, UH, IT'S ALL IT'S.
I MEAN, THE TREES, THE ROOTS AND THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM, IT'S ALL INTERRELATED, BUT, BUT MY COMMENTS ARE REGARDING THE SEWER AND THE SUBSTITUTION OF POTABLE WATER OR RECLAIMED WATER IN THOSE, UH, MEDIUMS THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.
UH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN HELP THE DROUGHT AND PUT A FEATHER IN YOUR CAP AND, UH, TURN IT INTO A WATER CONSERVATION PROJECT AT THE SAME TIME.
OUR SPEAKER IS BACK ON ITEM NUMBER 12, MAYER.
HERMAN, LET ME, WHAT DO YOU MEAN ON BACK? NEVER LEFT.
NIGGER HAS TO STRETCH EVERY SO OFTEN.
YOU START GETTING WOOS AGE OLD AND OLD AND FULL OF SHIT.
CITYWIDE SHIT IN OUR SEWERS, CRAP SERVICE, CRAP CHARGE OF A PUBLIC HEARING SHIT.
WELL, THE CITY CONSOLE, SHIT OF CONDUCT FOR THE SHIT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE SHIT THAT GOES INTO OUR SEWERS ARE FALLING ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION.
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT SHIT.
SHIT GOES IN ONE DIRECTION AND SHIT GOES TO ONE RECYCLING AREA, OR SHIT GOES OUT TO SEA.
IT'S ALL RUN DOWN THE SAME LINE.
SO IN ANOTHER WORDS, THE WAY WE RESOLVE TAX ROLL SHIT.
SO THE TAX PAYERS DON'T HAVE TO PICK UP THE TAB ON THE SHIT.
YOU'RE TRYING TO OVERCHARGE THEM OR $82 A FLUSH TO SHIT DOWN THE TOILET, OR TO FLUSH THE SHIT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH DOWN THE TOILET.
WHEN YOU RINSE IT, WHEN YOU BRUSH THAT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, I GOTTA SHIT CRAP.
SO MY RESOLUTION FOR 22 DASH 83 IS THAT SYMBOLIC IS THAT 2022 THROUGH 2083, OR IS JUST SOME FUCKING JOKE BECAUSE THE JOKE IS NOT ON ME.
THE JOKE IS ON YOU ALL YOUR SHIT.
LIKE I SAID, IN THE WEST COVINA CITY-WISE SEWER SERVICE CHARGE IS NOT A FAIR DEAL TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY TWO PEOPLE HERE TALKING ABOUT THE SHIT
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CRAP THAT GOES DOWN YOUR SEWER.NOW I CAN SEE IF YOU'RE REPAIRING INFRASTRUCTURE ON A REGULAR BASE.
SO THE SHIT CAN RUN TO THE PROPER CHANNEL OF WHERE SHIT GOES OR WHERE THE CRAP IS GOING, BUT IT'S NOT.
AND SO WHEN YOU RECYCLE SHIT OR A GAGA, IT STILL HAS A SMELL.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DRINK IT, NOR ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOUR CHILDREN, MR. MAYOR, OR I FORGOT YOU DON'T HAVE CHILDREN.
SO AGAIN, I'M NOT SATISFIED BY THIS COLLECTED PHYSICAL TAX ROLL.
MR. DAVID CARR, MANNY CAUSE MR. CARMONEY IS NOT IN THE SAVINGS FOR THE PEOPLE AS YOU HEARD EARLIER IN THE NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT, BECAUSE ONE GENTLEMAN IN A RED SHIRT AND DARK SLACKS WITH LONG BEAUTIFUL HAIR, PUT IT UP VERY CLEAR.
YOU'RE NOT IN THE INTEREST OF SAVING THE TOUCHSCREEN AS A FUCKING DIME.
DAVID, YOU'RE NOT DO US A FAVOR, PROVIDE US AN ACTUAL SEWER SERVICE CHARGE THAT ACTUALLY PAYS US BACK FOR DUMPING OUR SHIT IN A SEWER.
LISA, PLEASE ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
I'M TALKING ABOUT SEWER SERVICE CHARGE OF PUBLIC CARRYING ON THE SHIT BECAUSE LISA KEEPS GIVING YOU THIS EYE CONTACT IN WHICH YOU KEEP RESPONDING TO MY SHIT.
I AM ON THE TOPIC OF THIS SHIT, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THE TAXPAYERS NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS INFORMATION BEFORE YOU ROLL A TAX ON SEWER.
BECAUSE IF I WAS NOT RIGHT, WHY THE FUCK ARE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SO FUCKED UP? WHY IS THIS SO FUCKED UP? WHY ARE THERE ALWAYS SO A SEWER LEAK? WHY CAN'T WE GET IT RIGHT? MR. MAYOR? WHY CAN'T WE GET IT RIGHT? DARIA? I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
I'M REFERRING AGAIN TO THE WEST CITYWIDE SEWER SERVICE CHARGE AND A GODDAMN, A DIRTY NIGGER.
DON'T WANT TO EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC.
PLEASE WATCH YOUR MAIL HERE FOR 2022 THROUGH 2022 TAX ROLL OUT IS GOING TO DO TO YOUR SURCHARGES ON YOUR PROPERTY TAXES.
WHEN THEY LIE TO YOU, THAT THEY FIX THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR THE SEWERS, VERY CLEAR IDENTIFY THE REASON WHY YOU RAISE A TAX ROLL BEFORE YOU DUMP IT ON THE TAX PAYERS OF WEST COVINA.
THEY'RE TOO BUSY WORKING, FLUSHING THEIR SHIT IN THE TOILET.
THEY'RE NOT HERE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ROLL A TAX ON THEM SIMPLY TO SAY THAT YOU DID SOMETHING GREAT ON BEHALF OF DAVID AND CARMONEY THE CITY MANAGER, 42 USC, 1983 POLITELY.
DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS? NO MAYOR.
NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR COUNSEL DISCUSSION.
IS, IS THERE ANYTHING COUNSELED, LIKE TO DISCUSS OR ASK? NOPE.
THEN, UM, MOTION IS IN ORDER TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2 0 2, 2 DASH 83.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE THE MOTION TO A POOP FIRST AND SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WIL AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABIDES BY COUNCILMAN WILL COUNSEL THEM AND LOPEZ BEATO.
I MAY ACCOST LLANOS ITEM PASSES THIS FIVE ZERO.
SO NOW MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEMS, LET'S SEE HERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE 11 13, 14, 15,
[11) WEST COVINA CITYWIDE LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT PUBLICHEARING, 13) WEST COVINA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 4 PUBLIC HEARING 14) WEST COVINA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 7 PUBLIC HEARING, & 15) WEST COVINA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 6 PUBLIC HEARING ]
UH, THE LIGHTING ITEM, 11 13, 14 AND 15 MINUTES.AND, UM, WOULD YOU VERIFY PLEASE THAT A PROPER NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR ALL OF THEM PROPER LEGAL NOTICE WAS GIVEN FOR ALL OF THEM.
AND AT THIS TIME I SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ALL OF THOSE.
UM, THERE WILL FIRST BE A PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT.
THEN WE SHALL HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND WHO WILL PRESENT THE REPORT.
HELLO, AGAIN, UM, AS YOU SAW EARLIER, UM, THE CITY-WIDE LMD, UH, UH, IT COVERS, SORRY.
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8,000.UM, THE ASSESSMENT INCOME WILL BE 1.9 WITH EXPENDITURES ESTIMATED TO BE 2.1.
UM, SO THERE'LL BE A DEFICIT OF OVER 200,000.
UM, THIS IS THE ONLY ELLEN D THAT IS, UH, BEING PROPOSED TO INCREASE THE RATE.
UM, IT'LL BE A 2% RATE INCREASE, WHICH IS ONE POINT A DOLLAR AND 14 CENTS PER THE YEAR.
UM, ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS WILL BE MAINTAINING THE, UM, CURRENT, UH, ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT RATES FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
SO THE, THE NEW RATE FOR LMD IS CITYWIDE.
LMD WILL BE $57 AND 68 CENTS FOR, UM, LMD FOR IT'LL BE $3 48, UH, $348, UM, UP TO $464.
UM, AND THESE ARE THE, UH, ANNUAL RATES.
AND THEN, UH, LMD SEVEN IT'S $464 FOR IMPROVES A LOT IN $139 FOR UNIMPROVED LOTS.
UM, SO FOR LMD, FOR THERE'S, IT'S RUNNING AT A DEFICIT OF OVER 150,000 LMD SIX IS RUNNING AT A DEFICIT OF 13,000, UM, AND LMD SEVEN IS RUNNING AT A DEFICIT OF, UH, 4,000.
SO, UM, WE ARE DEPLETING THOSE, UH, FUND BALANCES.
UM, SO THAT IS WHY, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE HAVE HIRED WELL DAN TO DO AN ASSESSMENT, UM, A HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT OF THE DISTRICTS TO, TO LOOK AT BOTH THE SCOPE OF MAINTENANCE AND THE ASSESSMENT RATES.
UM, AND THEN, SO WE WILL START WITH LMD FOUR.
SO LMD FOUR INCLUDES, THIS IS THE AREA THAT IS WITHIN LMD FOUR.
IT INCLUDES A PART GLITZ AND THE PRE-SALES.
IT ALSO PAYS FOR LIGHTING LANDSCAPE, UH, LANDSCAPING AND TREE MAINTENANCE.
UM, PART OF THE CITYWIDE LMD, I, WHICH I FORGOT TO MENTION THE RATE IS INCREASED.
AND AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, UM, WE ARE GOING FROM A SEVEN YEAR TREE TRIMMING CYCLE, UM, TO A FIVE-YEAR TREE TRIMMING CYCLE THIS YEAR.
UM, SO THAT IS GOING TO GO TOWARD THE INCREASE IN FEES WILL GO TOWARDS THAT, UH, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT SIX IS UP THERE BY GRAND AVENUE AND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SEVEN IS IN THE SOUTH HILLS AREA.
SO THOSE ARE THE THREE OTHER, THE THREE DISTRICTS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
UM, SORRY, LET ME GO BACK TO SEVEN, INCLUDES A HILLSIDES AND ONE PARK AT IT ALSO PAYS US WELL FOR LANDSCAPING AND TREE MAINTENANCE.
UM, AND THEN LMD SIX INCLUDES HILLSIDES AND TREES ALSO PAYING FOR LANDSCAPING AND TREE MAINTENANCE.
UH, SO THAT CONCLUDES MY OH, ONE MORE THING.
AND SO HERE'S A MAP OF THE NEW FIVE-YEAR TRIMMING A TREE TRIMMING CYCLE FOR THE CITY.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, MYSELF AND SHONEY ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BY CITY COUNCIL ULTIMATELY WILL, YOU KNOW, UH, WE, WE GOT THIS HUGE BULK OF, UH, INFORMATION, BUT I CAN BARELY CAN FIND A MAP.
BECAUSE I CAN NOT REMEMBER IF I DO THIS FOR SIX TIMES ALREADY.
I JUST DON'T REMEMBER THIS BEFORE THESE WI-FI DISTRICT SEVEN OR WHERE'S THE LOCATION.
BECAUSE WE'LL DO THIS ONCE A YEAR, TRY TO APPROVE.
SO, SO WE NEED TO, YEAH, WE CAN COME, WE NEED TO MAKE IT EASIER TO READ.
BECAUSE YOU DUMBASS A LOT OF INFORMATION, ALL THIS NUMBER.
I DON'T THINK HE'S REALLY, UH, GET ANY USEFUL US.
WE NEED TO CONDENSE IT REGARDING BEFORE I REMEMBER BEFORE WE HAVE A MUCH MORE PRECISE, WE HAVE, UH, FIRST DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR, WE HAVE THE MAP RIGHT AWAY IN THE FRONT.
WHAT THE STREET IS ON THERE, WHERE IS THE MAINTENANCE AREA? OKAY.
AND THE FONT THERE, THEN WE GO TO, OKAY, WHAT IS CURRENT PAGE IS WEISBERG POSTS, IF HE'S THE SAME OR THIS AND THAT.
AND THEN IT GIVES HER A CONTENT WITH ALL THE NUMBER.
AND, UH, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO CARRY THIS HUGE BOOK OKAY.
THIS IS TOO HEAVY FOR ME TO CARRY.
AND THEN PROVIDE A MAP SO WE CAN SEE, OH, WHICH AREA AND, UH, THE CONSENT.
UH, I NEED TO MAP, UH, WE, WE,
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WE GOT INTO TWO CHIEF, ALL THE DISTRI, SO WE UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU WANT US TO, TO APPROVE OKAY.SECOND THING WE TALK ABOUT, OH, THIS, OKAY.
THIS, YOU MENTIONED THIS AREA.
YOU SEE, THE OLDEST HILLSIDE IS POTENTIALLY A FIRE HAZARD.
AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT M NEVER BEEN TOUCHED FOR A LONG TIME.
SOMETIMES WE WHERE'S A CAUSE AND WE HAVE THE CT TO DO IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
BUT AFTER THAT, THEN NOTHING GOING ON.
SO HOW WE CAN NOT PREVIOUSLY, I STATED, OKAY, HOW WE PROACTIVELY SYSTEMATICALLY USING ALL THIS RESERVE AND THEN CLEANING UP A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD, ESPECIALLY YOU SEE ALL THESE HILLS I KNOW, MADE IN SOUTH SIDE.
SO, SO AM I RIGHT REGARDING HOW WE UTILIZED THE NUMBER AND THEN HOW WE HAVE A CT AND THE PROVIDE THE STUDY AND HOW WE DO IT? UH, GOOD EVENING.
UH, AS FAR AS THE BOUNDARY MAP, UM, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION THAT HAS THE BOUNDARY MAPPING KIND OF LAYS OUT MORE INFORMATION.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS, AND I'M SORRY.
BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS, UH, THE RESIDENT TALKING ABOUT DISTRICT TWO AND FOUR IS OVERLAPPING.
IS THAT TRUE? AND SO WE NEED TO KIND OF DEFINE HOW TO, THEY DON'T FEEL THE DISTRICT TOO PAINFUL THIS BEFORE THEY WANTED THEIR MONEY TO CLEAN UP THEIR HILL.
THERE'S A PORTION OF, OF LMD TWO IN LMD, FOUR THERE'S ABOUT, I BELIEVE 200 AND SOME PARCELS ARE WITHIN, UM, LMD TWO, AS WELL AS M M LMD FOR, UM, AS FAR AS THE, THE MAPS, THEY ARE INSIDE THE ENGINEER'S REPORT IT TOWARDS THE BACK IN EXHIBIT A EXHIBIT.
YOU CAN ALSO LOOK ON THE COMPUTER IF YOU CAN SEE THE OVERLAP.
SO THE PINK IS A LMD TWO AND THE PURPLES LMD FOUR.
AND SO THIS IS THE AREA THAT IT OVERLAPS LET'S OVERLAP.
SO THE ONLY THAT SECTION, TH THIS IS TOTALLY OVERLAP WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS AREA IS ONLY LMD TWO.
SO BASICALLY HOW WE FIX THE PROBLEM.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING THE STUDY.
WE WERE HIRED TO START THE STUDY.
WE'RE GOING TO START THAT IN THE FALL AND REALLY LOOK AT ALL THE DISTRICTS AND SEE HOW WE CAN, UM, BETTER OBSERVE SERVICE THE, UM, THE CITY OR THE I'M SORRY, THE PUBLIC.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GET FOUND YOU GUYS TO GIVE US FROM YOUR ENGINEER TO KIND OF DEFINE THE OKAY.
SO, BECAUSE I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS TREE IS JUST LIKE HOA.
DON'T FUND THAT PROBABLY IN TAX.
WHEN WE SET IT UP, WE'D TAKE A COUPLE OF DOLLARS OUT OF THEIR MONTHLY OR THEIR ELE.
AND EVERYBODY, ALL HOME OWNER COMBINED, COMBINED TOGETHER TO FIX THE COMING AREA.
THE HILLSIDE UPHILL, THIS AND THAT, BUT SUPPOSEDLY THE CITY TAKE THE MONEY AND CD HAVE TO MAINTENANCE.
AND THEN THE, THE MONEY THAT WE RESERVE INTO THE TRUST ACCOUNT, BUT THIS IS BEFORE, DID SHE SEVEN? THIS REFI THAT'S CORRECT.
AND, UH, AND THEN, SO IN THAT WAY, THE MONEY WERE PROPERLY SPENT TO MAINTENANCE AND MAKE THEIR PROPERTIES SAFE AND NICE EXACTLY.
WITHIN THOSE, WITHIN THOSE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
SO, SO HOW WE, HOW SOON WE CAN MAKE A CLEAR FIVE, BECAUSE THIS IS LIKE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY HAVE AN OVERLAP FOR SO LONG.
SINCE PREVIOUSLY THEY NEVER TELL US, I NEVER TOLD US THAT THEY HAVE A, THIS SUCH A BIG OVERLAP.
W WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS PROVIDE THESE MAPS OR THE MAP, THE GIS MAPS WITH THE LAYERS OF THE DISTRICTS ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND SO INDIVIDUALS CAN GO AND SEE WHERE THOSE LMDS ARE.
CAN WE JUST BECAUSE IT'S JUST SUCH A BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
IS IT'S SUCH A BIG AREA OVER THERE.
CAN WE JUST COMBINE BECOME A ONE DISTRI? WE, WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT.
UM, IN THE FALL, AGAIN, BASICALLY 19% OVERLAP.
SEE, THE THING IS, IS, IS EVERY PART, EVERY DISTRICT PAYS FOR ITS OWN LANDSCAPING.
SO IF WE START TO COMBINE IT, IT MIGHT NO, BECAUSE YOU OVERLAP ALREADY.
SO I'M SORRY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR RENT.
YOU CAN, THE ONLY THING IS, IS FOUR HAS A LOT MORE DISTRICTS, A LOT MORE PARCELS WITHIN IT.
SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO HAVE THOSE OTHER PEOPLE IN, TO PAY FOR ALL THE FOUR.
THEY DON'T EVEN DRIVE BY IT, OR THEY DON'T HAVE ANY BENEFITS.
SO, SO YOU HAVE TO SELL SO DENTISTRY
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TO BECOME VERY MUCH SMALLER AREA.WE COULD SPLIT IT WHERE DISTRICT TWO CAN BECOME ANOTHER DISTRICT AND THEY PAY FOR JUST THEIRS.
AND THEN FOUR, WE CAN MAKE SMALLER TO PAY FOR JUST FAIR.
MAKE IT RESIDENT PEOPLE, THEY OWN AREA.
SO IN A WAY, NOT LIKE THEY SAY, THE PAINFUL IS THREE, FOUR, AND THE HE'LL NEVER BEEN CLEANED UP.
UM, WELL, THE, WE CAN PROBABLY START DEPENDING ON THE CITY.
HOW FAR ARE YOU? HOW SOON DO YOU WANT TO START? BUT WE'LL DOWN.
WE CAN START AS SOON AS SEPTEMBER.
WE REALLY HAVE OVERLAPPED BECAUSE I, OKAY.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT'S ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THE BUDGET FOR LMD TO AN LMD FOR THAT OVERLAP.
I WANT TO SAY 1980, I BELIEVE.
SO, AND LIKE YOU SAY, THESE 3, 4, 2 PAYING LAND, AND THEN HOW WE JUSTIFY THE ADJUSTMENT, HOW LONG IT TAKE AND HOW WE MAKE SURE.
THEN EVERYBODY PAY HIM PROBABLY ON THEIR PROPERTY TAX.
SO HOW CAN WE CORRECT? THIS IS LIKE 90, 80 WHEN THEY SET UP ALL THESE HOUSING AND DISTRI, AND THEN THERE IS HAPPENED.
I'M NOT SURE HOW IT WAS, WHY IT WAS FORMED THE WAY IT WAS FORMED.
MY UNDERSTANDING, IF YOU HAVE A PRINT PLANT DEVELOPMENT, THEN YOU HAVE AN HOA, HOA WOULD COLLECT THEIR THEY'LL, THEY'LL ENJOY A FEE TO PAY FOR, TO COME AREA.
AND THIS WAS INFORMED IN LIEU OF THAT HOA INSTEAD OF GIVING THE PROPERTY OWNERS, A BILL, EVERY SINGLE MONTH WHEAT, THEY FORMED THESE, THESE 11 DAYS, GREG, THIS IS USING THE CASE.
CT COLLECT THE MONEY FOR PROBABLY TANKS AND USING THE MONEY TO FIX THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO HOW SO, HOW SHOULD WE DO IT? SO WE NEED TO CORRECT THIS SEEMING.
WE WOULD HAVE TO, UM, AS PART OF THE, THE OVERALL ASSESSMENT THAT WE'LL THEN USE IT ALL THE AGENDA, RIGHT? HIS AGENDA IS JUST THROUGH, WE WOULD COME BACK THAT IT WOULD BE A VOTE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE DISTRICT.
WE HAVE DENT TO FIGURE, WE NEED THEM TO BOW FORWARD THE SEPARATION OF BOW FOR THE DISTRICT FOR, SO THEY ONLY PAY FOR THEIR OWN.
THAT COULD BE PART OF THE REVIEW OF THE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS AND WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO SEPARATE, YOU KNOW, LMD TWO, UM, AND INCORPORATE THAT AREA.
THAT'S PART OF THAT ONE BEFORE, AND WE ARE GOING TO DO TONIGHT RATHER THAN JUST APPROVED THIS ONE, JUST THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT THAT THE ANNUAL AMOUNT, THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE THAT THE CITY DOES CURRENTLY.
SO, SO AFTER YOU SURVEY, THEN YOU FIND OUT WE HAVE THIS OVERLAPPING ISSUE AND THEN THE CT HAVE TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO CORRECT.
SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 180 3, RIGHT? 7, 6, 7 DISTRI WITH THE WISE WE HAVE SEVEN LMDS AND THEN WE HAVE TWO, UM, FIVE LMDS THAT ARE DISTRICT-BASED TO CITYWIDE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A COASTAL SAGE, UH, HA SCRUBBING HABITAT, AND THEN A COMMUNITY FACILITY DISTRICT.
AND THE, BY THE BKK LANDFILL, I'M TALKING ABOUT ON THE TOP OF BKK.
SO THERE'S ANOTHER TURTLE IS A NIGHT TOTO.
BUT HEY, UH, PKK, WE DON'T HAVE A RESIDENCE, SO WE DON'T HAVE A HOLIDAY JACKS.
IT IS IT'S THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO THE CITY IS A PROPERTY OWNER UP THERE PAYS INTO THAT, UM, ASSESSMENT DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE LMDS THAT, UM, WERE PRESENTED HERE.
THAT WOULD'VE BEEN MY LAST QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO STAY HERE TOO LONG.
SO, SO, SO THE HILLSIDE ON THE BKK ON THE OZONE HOME.
AND, UH, I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT SOME CITY LAND.
SO WHO IS MENTIONED IS ALL THESE HILL I THINK, SO THIS IS THAT DUMPY LOW IS A PKK P OKAY.
THIS, THIS IS PROB UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL PRIVATE PROPERTY IF I'M NOT MISSING.
I THINK CTO, ENVELOPE, POVERTY, SEE ON THE PROB POVERTY ON DECK GALA, STA PARKS ADJACENT TO IT RIGHT HERE NEXT TO GLOUCESTER PART, YOU HAVE, UH, UH, BETWEEN THE BKK.
WE DEVELOP AGENCY, PROJECT, OR GULF COAST BANK.
TO THOSE DEVELOPMENT IN BETWEEN, IT'S ABOUT 127 ACRES OF A BUFFER ZONE.
AND THE WHO'S MENTIONED IS ALL THESE TREE.
ALL THIS WHOSE DISTRICTS LET YOU KNOW WHICH ONE.
WELL, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COASTAL SAFE CFDS, IF THAT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UM, THAT IS MOSTLY OWNED BY THE CITY AND THE CITY DOES THE CITY DOES OWN AND MAINTAIN THAT CDF DIMENSIONS THAT WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR THAT.
IT'S PART OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGET.
YOU WILL, YOU HAVE, I DON'T SORRY, I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME.
WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT, SHE WAS HERE.
SHE SAY, YES, THERE'S THOSE, UH, ACREAGE OWNED BY THE CITY.
SO THIS IS A COASTAL SAGE SCRUB, UM,
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HABITAT CFD.AND SO THE CITY IS A PROPERTY OWNER IN THAT AREA DOES WELL, NOT A YELLOW ONE AT THE TOP OF THE BROWN ONE ON THE TOP.
PROPERTY IS A CITY OF PROPERTY.
EITHER YOU CALL THE PKK ON THE NOSE, YOU SEE ON THE TOP OF, UH, OKAY.
UH, ON THE TOP OF A BKK PROJECT THAT APPROVED 15, 20 YEARS AGO OF GOLF.
AND THE CUB HOUSE KNOWS OF LE YEAH, NO, THIS IS THE PKK PROJECT.
IT'S ABOUT 1227 ACRES OF CITY LAND.
BECAUSE IF YOU GO TO THE HISTORY, UH, WHEN THE OKAY.
AND THERE IS A BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN THE HOUSING AND THE BKK IS OWNED BY THE CITY.
YOU MAY MAYBE HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK BECAUSE THERE'S, I KNOW THE HISTORY.
SO WHO MAINTENANCE THE AREA? I'M NOT SURE.
NOW, IF IT'S NOT WITHIN CF, THE CSF CSS, CFD BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN THE HOUSING PROJECT AND THE PKK PROJECT IN BETWEEN THOSE LANDS, A BUFFER ZONE.
AND THERE IS A LOT OF VEGETATION.
SO WHO, AND WHO MENTIONED AS THE VEGETATION, IF THE CITY OWNS SO MANY SEATS, YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THEN WITHIN THE CITY WIDE CFD WITH CITYWIDE, THE CITYWIDE LMD THAT CAN PAY FOR ANYTHING WITHIN THE CFD, IF IT'S WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IT'S A HUGE AREA.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE A FIRE HAS A ISSUE BECAUSE THE HOUSING IN THE TUB.
SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY'S TAKING CARE.
WHAT DON'T WANDER LIABILITY IN THE FUTURE.
ON THE DIDN'T PROBABLY MENTIONS IF IT'S WITHIN THE CFUS, THE CITY-WIDE CA I'M SORRY, THE CITY-WIDE LMD CHECKING TO IT, PLEASE.
THE ONE I MENTIONED ABOUT IT'S ABOUT THE BKK PROJECT, THE BUDGET IS, UH, UH, WE DEVELOP AGENCY HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN THE 2000, BUT EIGHT OR NINE FOR THE GULF COAST.
AND THE, WE SPENT $30.5 MILLION FOR GULF COAST PANG ON TOP OF A LACK, OF COURSE, BOMB AT 18, 18 HALL OF A GULF COAST, SAN JOSE GOLF COURSE, AND THE COB HOUSE LED PROJECT.
THIS IS WHAT WE DEVELOP AN AGENCY PROJECT.
ON THE T BEING APPROVED AND SEQUEL APPROVED, I'M GOING TO GET BACK TO YOU.
I BELIEVE THAT CFD 2009 DASH ONE IS AS, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THAT'S NOT BEING LEVIED YET, SO I'M NOT SURE WHO, HOW THAT'S BEING MAINTAINED AT THE MOMENT.
SO SOMEBODY HAD DIMENSION IS BIG AND IS OWNED BY THE BKK.
PKK COMPANY THAT DUMP THE TRASH COMPANY.
BUT SINCE THEY, UH, THEY, THE CITY, WE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY PROJECT.
AND LEE HAS BEEN AGAINST SEQUEL APPROVE.
I HAVE THE COUNTY ASSESSOR'S INFORMATION.
IS THIS THE PARCEL THAT YOU'RE LOOKING OR TALKING ABOUT? THE BUFFER, THE TRAIT NEXT TO CALLISTA HERE'S GLOUCESTER PARK.
HERE'S A BUFFER ZONE IN THE WATER TANKS.
POSSIBLE, BUT IT'S NOT, UH, THAT'S NOT AS A COACH WHOSE PROPERTIES LAD.
IT'S A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO WHO OWNS IT PROPERTY.
IT'S NOT CITY, SO WE DON'T MAINTAIN IT.
THE RED ONE, THE RED ONES, THE ONE THAT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY.
WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IS OWNED BY THE CITY IN A CHANGE OF A HOUSING.
THE BACK IS A BUFFER ZONE AND THAT'S WHAT CHRIS FREELAND TOLD ME AND THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER.
I WANT TO HAVE ONE SHEET SAYING THAT I WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THE PROPERTY PROFILE AND CHECKED WHO, IF IT IS A PRIVATE PROPERTY AND WE WANT PRIVATE PROPERTY TO MAINTAIN AS THE PLACE MAKES SENSE.
I KNOW YOU DO THESE DISTRICTS FOR A LOT OF CITIES IN CALIFORNIA.
I KNOW YOU'RE REALLY GOOD AT THE MATH.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU WHEN YOU RETURN IN SEPTEMBER, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A SYSTEM? THIS COMPLICATED? IT SEEMS TO ME, THIS IS VERY FRAGMENTED.
UM, IN FACT, I HAVE, I'VE SEEN THE CITY OF YOUR BELINDA.
THEY HAVE MANY ZONES, MANY, MANY ZONES IN MANY, MANY LITTLE AREAS THAT HAVE THEIR OWN, THEIR OWN RATES.
IT GETS VERY COMPLICATED THAT WAY THOUGH.
SO WHEN YOU COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER, CAN WE LOOK AT THIS WITH FRESH EYES, WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE TO PERPETUATE THIS SYSTEM OR MAYBE FIND A SYSTEM THAT'S MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE FAIR? ABSOLUTELY.
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OKAY.ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR RESIDENT TO INPUT IN GREEN THE TISSUE FOR UNTIL THREE, TWO? SO WHEN WE BRING BACK IN SEPTEMBER BEFORE THAT YOU WILL HAVE A PUBLIC.
SO FOR MRI, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS JUST THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS.
IT'S NOT LOOKING AT THE RATES OR INCREASE.
IT'S NOT LOOKING AT INCREASING RATES OR I'M SORRY.
SO WE SEE ON FI ANNUAL REPORT, OR WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS.
IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE YOU'RE APPROVING, PLACING THE ASSESSMENTS ON THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL.
AND THIS IS THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO FUND THE ITEMS. WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK THE OVERALL, UH, STUDY OR REPORT THAT WILL DAN DOES.
AND WE WILL BE BRINGING IT BACK TO COUNCIL.
WE'LL BE ALSO HOLDING TOWN HALL MEETINGS WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE, UH, CORRESPONDING DISTRICTS.
UM, AND WE WILL HAVE TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE WE DO ANY CHANGES TO THE DISTRICTS OR INCREASE ANY ASSESSMENT FEES.
UH, AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT POLLING, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU BASICALLY ANSWERED, SO I JUST WANT TO, I GUESS, SUMMARIZE, UH, SO, SO TONIGHT, UH, WE, WE NEEDED APPROVE THIS BY AUGUST, RIGHT? UM, YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS STUDY AND WITHIN THAT STUDY, WE SHOULD REALLY GET A, UH, A VIEW OF, OF EACH OF THE DISTRICTS, WHAT ARE THEIR NEEDS? UH, WHAT IS THE COST TO NOT ONLY BRING THOSE PLACES TO STANDARD, BUT THEN TO MAINTAIN THEM ON AN ANNUAL BASIS? SO THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BY BY RESIDENTS.
UM, AND THEN WHEN WE SEE WHAT THAT COST IS GOING TO BE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THESE TOWN HALL BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS OF THOSE DISTRICTS WOULD HAVE TO VOTE ON ANY INCREASE.
UH, AND IF THEY VOTE NO ON THE INCREASE, THEN AS A CITY, WE CAN SAY, WELL, THIS IS THE MAINTENANCE WE'RE ABLE TO DO WITHOUT THE INCREASE.
AND THEN, SO THEN, UM, THAT THE TIMETABLE ON WHEN YOUR STUDY SHOULD BE DONE, YOU'RE SAYING POSSIBLY STARTING IN SEPTEMBER AND THAT, THAT STUDY TAKES HOW LONG, UM, I'VE, I'VE, IT WON'T BE MADE UP AS DO WITH CONDUCTING THE STUDY.
IT WILL BE MY COLLEAGUE, STACY REYNOLDS, AND I BELIEVE IT TAKES USUALLY ABOUT A YEAR TO TAKE INTO, TO DO THE FULL STUDY OF ALL OF THE DISTRICTS, HOWEVER, THERE'S MANY DISTRICTS.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT MAY TAKE ONE TO TWO, THAT MIGHT TAKE TWO YEARS.
SO THEN, SO WE'RE TALKING A YEAR TO TWO YEARS BEFORE WE'RE EVEN DOING THE TOWN HALLS.
SO, SO 20, 23, 20 24, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE DOING THIS AGAIN.
UH, AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO NOT DO AN INCREASE, OBVIOUSLY IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, OKAY.
PREPARE TIMELINE AND WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL GET YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DEFINED TIMELINE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE ONCE WE HAVE AT LEAST MET WITH WELL, DAN AND ASSESSED, WHICH YOU KNOW.
SO, SO THEN I GUESS, UH, JUST ONE, I GUESS ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS, UM, COME 20, 24.
UM, OUR, OUR, AS THESE RESERVES GO DOWN, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING TO SPEND MORE MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
SO WE, THERE IS A, A LITTLE BIT OF AN URGENCY TO MOVE ON THESE, UH, ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS AND GET THAT REPORT DONE.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS OF STAFF? OKAY.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? I HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD MAYOR.
HOWEVER MR. GREENSPAN HAS LEFT.
SO I HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FOR HERMAN.
WHY SO MANY UNDECISIVE MOVES HERE? WELL, IT WILL BE MORE ACCURATE.
YOU WOULD JUST GO OUT THERE AND GET A SURVEYOR TO DIVIDE UP THESE ISSUES OF PROPERTY LINES AND LIABILITY LINES.
BECAUSE THE ISSUE HERE IS LIABILITY.
YOU DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GET YOUR FIRE PEOPLE OUT THERE TO DO BRUSH ABATEMENT.
WHY? BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU'RE LIABLE FOR THE ACTIONS.
YOU'RE NOT TAKING FOR A BAIT MINT FOR WEEDS, ABATEMENT, FOR BRUSH AND THE SAFETY OF PUBLIC AT HEART DUE TO FIRE.
NOW WE'RE A NIGGER LIKE ME MIGHT LIVE.
THEY CHARGE US EVERY YEAR, A $500 ASSESSMENT THAT EVERYONE PAYS BECAUSE WE LIVE ON A FUCKING HILL WITH THE RATS AND THE COYOTES AND THE RACCOONS
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AND THE POSSUMS AND THE SKUNKS.LIKE YOU DARIA NO OFFENSE, BUT AGAIN, TWO AND FOUR OVERLAP.
OKAY, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A STUDY, BUT THIS LADY HERE, WHO'S GOING TO DO THE STUDY.
DOESN'T ACTUALLY HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT TONY WOOT WASTED, 15 TO 20 MINUTES OF BULLSHITTING ABOUT WHICH I'M SIMPLY SAYING YOU HAD A SURVEYOR OUT THERE, DIVIDE UP THESE PROPERTY LINES AND THEN MAKE THE RESPONSIBLE OWNER, PRIVATE OWNER AND HOMEOWNER DECIDE HOW THEY WANT TO MAKE AN ANNUAL PAYMENT FOR THESE WEEDS BRUSH AND FIRE SAFETY CONCERNS.
BECAUSE IF NOT LET THE MOTHERFUCKING FIRE RUN THROUGH THE HILLS THROUGH THOSE CANYONS AND BURN THE NIGGERS LIKE THEY DID IN SODOM AND GOMORRAH.
BUT NOW, IF YOU REALLY HAVE AN INTEREST IN WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED TONIGHT, HOA FEES, FUCK HOA FEES.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE WAY THESE NIGGERS MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTIES LATELY? IT LOOKED LIKE FUCKING RAT HOLES, A BUNCH OF FUCKING RATTLES WHO WANTS TO LIVE IN A GATED COMMUNITY WITH A BUNCH OF FUCKING FAT RATS THAT ARE SO FUCKING UP THEIR NOSE IN DEBT THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO CLEAN THEIR YARDS.
THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE THEM WITH SAME COLOR.
THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE SAME STYLE OF FRONT LAWNS AND BACKYARD LAWNS, BUT WHO FUCKING CARES? THE IDEA IS TO BE PRESENTABLE, HAVE A VENEER THAT LOOKS PRESENTABLE.
DAVID AND MR. MAYOR, YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN THAT.
YOU PUT UP A GOOD FRONT, BUT BOP HIGH IN THE SCENE.
I THINK YOU'RE FUCKING MISERABLE.
AND THE REASON WHY YOU'RE MISERABLE, BECAUSE TONIGHT YOU BUNCHED UP 11, 13, 14, AND 15 REGARDING HOW LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS NUMBERS ONE THROUGH SIX, SEVEN, WHATEVER FUCKING NUMBERS.
THERE'S NUMBER SIX ON 15, NUMBER SEVEN, OVER HERE ON, ON NUMBER 14, IT'S JUST ALL A FUCKING MESS.
THIS AGENDA IS A FUCKING MESS, EVERYBODY.
AND HALF A, PUBLIC'S ALREADY GONE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE, OR MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST DISSOLVE IT BECAUSE MOMMY LET THE LOPEZ.
THERE NEEDS TO GO INTO HER TWO CHILDREN AND PROVIDE SOME LOVING CARE.
SHE SITS AT THOSE BANQUETS AT THE PUBLIC TRANSIT, EATING DOWN ALL THE FOOD, NEVER MAKES A COMMENT.
AND THEN I GO TO LISTEN TO WOOL, LIKE I SAID, 15, 20 MINUTES, 20 FUCKING MINUTES, ABOUT THE OVERLAP OF THESE, OF THESE PROPERTIES, CLEAN IT UP, CLEAN IT UP.
YOU PUT A LIEN AGAINST THESE PROPERTIES THAT DON'T WANT TO TAKE AN ACTION.
YOU GIVE THEM AN APPROPRIATE TIME.
YOU GET THE FUCKING DUMB ASS FIRE DEPARTMENT UP THERE AND HAVE THEM GO UP THERE AND DO THEIR LITTLE ABATEMENT.
AND THEN WHEN THEY FAIL, YOU SET IN YOUR YOU'RE, YOU'RE BUILDING A SAFETY JACKASSES OR YOUR REGIONAL FUCKING JACKASSES SEND THAT BITCH, CUNT HILDA, SALISA STOP UP THERE AND ASSESS THE ISSUE AND THEN TAKE IT ALL BACK AND ROLL IT ALL BACK INTO THIS FUCK SHIT, WHOLE MEETING HERE.
SO WE CAN DISCUSS IT AND INVITE THE PUBLIC BY HOW YOU PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU, YOU, YOU ADVERTISE IT DAVID ON THE FUCKING STUPID COMMUNITY NEIGHBOR, A MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER SO WE CAN ALL KNOW BECAUSE OTHERWISE MARBLE MOUTH OVER THERE, IT JUST KEEPS TELLING US WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR.
THAT'S THE ONLY SPEAKER CARD I HAVE FRIED AND WE LOVE AND MAYER.
UM, BILL, ARE YOU GOING TO COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HILLS AND TREES.
SO ITEM THIS, UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY CITYWIDE LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT AND THE BLUE AREA, THE SOUTH HILLS COUNTRY CLUB.
SO, UH, WHAT I WANTED TO EXPLAIN IS THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE BECAUSE PERHAPS CITY OF AZUSA, SUBURBAN VALENCIA HEIGHTS WATER DISTRICT, UH, THE SOUTH HILLS COUNTRY CLUB HAS ALREADY BEING SERVED BY GRAY WATER, RECLAIMED WATER.
AND YOU CAN SAVE A LOT OF POTABLE WATER AND THE WATER DISTRICT, THE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT, BUNCH OF HEIGHTS WATER DISTRICT.
YOU MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO GET DROUGHT GRANTS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
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BUT IF YOU ADDED THE CITY PARKS AND THOSE MEDIUMS THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, AND, UH, UH, IT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE SOME SERENDIPITY AND YOU, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, UH, HELP THE CITY'S WATER, DROUGHT, WATER PROBLEMS BY, UH, BY WORKING WITH ALL THESE.I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE STUDYING THIS FOR TWO YEARS ANYWAY.
SO, UH, UH, YOU CAN GET THOSE, UH, POTENTIALLY INTERESTED PARTIES TOGETHER AND BRAINSTORMED AND SEE HOW, UH, YOU COULD SUBSTITUTE A PORTABLE WATER FOR GRAY WATER, SAVE A LOT OF, UH, SAVE A LOT OF WATER AND, UH, HELP HELP THE CITY.
AND, UH, PERHAPS ATTRACT A LOT OF GRANT MONEY.
AND, AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THE CITY OF AZUSA, I MEAN, THIS INVOLVES THE BKK PROPERTY IN GALSTER PARK.
AND I THINK THERE'S A, I FORGET THE NAME OF THE PARK ON CAMERON, BUT ALL THE, ALL THAT COULD BECOME PART OF THESE HILLSIDE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT AND, UH, IMPROVE THE CITY'S, UH, WATER SITUATION.
SO I DON'T NEED THE OTHER THREE MINUTES.
BUT VALENCIA HEIGHTS WATER DISTRICT, UH, COULD POTENTIALLY BE INTERESTED IN THIS AND, UH, SOUTH HILLS ACADEMY.
I MEAN, IT'S ALL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU'VE ALREADY GOT GRAY WATER IN THERE AND YOU JUST ADD A FEW MORE PIPES AND, UH, APPLY FOR SOME GRANT MONEY AND, UH, AND DO SOME OF THE, UH, THE MEDIANS ON ZEUS, ZEUS TO AVENUE AND THE OTHER MEDIUMS THAT NEED, UH, WATER IN THE CITY.
HERITAGE, THANK YOU, HERITAGE.
I CAN'T, I CAN'T, UH, RECITE ALL THE PARKS IN THE CITY, BUT THAT'LL BE YOUR HOMEWORK FOR THE NIGHT, BUT THEY'RE ALL GO HOME AND STUDY.
IF THEY'RE ALL POTENTIALLY L I MEAN, SHADOW OAK.
UH
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS, UH, MAYOR.
THAT WAS THE ONLY OTHER SPEAKER THAT I HAVE FOR ITEM NUMBER 11.
UM, I DO HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS FOR ITEM NUMBER 13.
I DO HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS FOR ITEM NUMBER 14.
BOTH INDIVIDUALS HAVE LEFT AND I HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FOR ITEM NUMBER 15.
I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKER CARDS, MER.
OKAY, THEN THAT WILL, UM, IF I MAY, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE, NOT AT THIS TIME? OKAY.
I SHALL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THESE? NOPE.
UM, AND COULD YOU READ ALL THE RESOLUTIONS PLEASE? LISA, DO WE HAVE TO DO IT THAT WAY? I DO NOT HAVE TO READ THE RESOLUTION.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO READ THE REVIEW.
SO YEAH, SO, SO I'LL TAKE, SO WE CAN DO A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 11.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WOO.
ADD THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY, AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBER
I MAY A CUSTOMER KNOWS I CAN TAKE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 13, WHICH IS WEST COVINA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.
NUMBER FOUR, A MOTION I'LL SECOND.
IT, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIBRATO, AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MAY APPROACH MDS COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOTS BY COUNCILMAN WILL.
VI MAY I APPROACH MDS? I MAYOR CASTELLANOS.
UH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR WEST COVINA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN? I MOVE A SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
IT'S ABOUT TO BUY AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ AVIATO COUNCIL MEMBER TO BY COUNCILMAN WILL COUNSEL ON ME LOPEZ FIATO.
AND THEN MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 15 WEST COVINA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER SIX OR MOTION? SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ BEATO
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AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBERS SPOTS BY COUNCIL MEMBER.MAYOR CASTELLANOS, ALL ITEMS PASSED FIVE, ZERO.
[CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION]
THE CONCLUSION OF OUR MEETING.DO I HAVE, UH, ANY REPORTS, REQUESTS, OR COMMENTS ABOUT DUBAI? YEAH, UH, I ACTUALLY, UH, HAD A REQUEST FOR, UH, UH, A REPORT, UM, THE, THE CITY OF PASADENA, UM, WITH ALL OF THEIR, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT GO UNDERGROUND, UH, HAVE BEEN, UH, LAYING DOWN FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE NOW BUILT OUT A SYSTEM, UM, WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY GENERATING REVENUE AND LEASING OUT THE FIBER, UH, AND YOU KNOW, LIVING IN WEST COVINA, YOU KNOW, AND THE, THE SECTION OF TOWN I LIVE IN, WE ONLY HAVE THE ONE INTERNET PROVIDER.
UH, I KNOW OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY.
AND SO THESE COMPANIES, I WON'T NAME WHO RIGHT.
THEY HAVE THE MONOPOLY ON, ON INTERNET AND, AND I'VE, I'VE BEEN, UH, WITHOUT AN INTERNET FOR A MONTH.
UH, AND IT, IT JUST KIND OF, UM, BROUGHT TO BEAR THAT WE, WE DO HAVE A CAPACITY WITH ALL OF THESE, UM, SEWER PROJECTS AND STREET PROJECTS.
UH, I KNOW, UH, THE LIGHTING PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON HER SAID, UM, WHERE THERE, THERE, THERE COULD BE CAPACITY TO START BUILDING, UH, OUR FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, IN ORDER TO, TO CREATE, UH, ACTUAL, UM, COMPETITION AND GIVE RESIDENTS ACCESS TO BETTER INTERNET COVERAGE.
UH, AND SO, UH, MA ASKING STAFF TO LOOK INTO, UH, HOW THE CITY OF PASADENA, UH, CREATED THEIR, THEIR FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, JUST CONTRACTED, UH, WITH, UH, SCIFI NETWORK, UH, WHO, BECAUSE THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY IN-HOUSE TO DO IT, DO WHAT PASADENA DID.
UM, THEY WERE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH SCIFI NETWORK AND ARE BASICALLY DOING THE SAME THING IN THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, UH, WHICH IS BUILDING OUT, UH, THE, THE MUNICIPAL FIBER NETWORK.
UH, AND THEN ONCE IT GETS BUILT UP BEING ABLE TO LEASE IT AND THEN CREATING THAT COMPETITION.
SO, UH, IF WE COULD GET THAT, UH, REPORT, UH, SURE.
AND THAT'S TIME I HAVE, UH, A RESIDENT, UM, OCCASION, UH, LONG-TERM RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA, AGAIN, MY, OUR ACTIVIST.
I SENT YOU THE EMAIL REGARDING THE, THEY HAVE A GRANT FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THEY WILL, UH, PROVIDE A FIBER OPTIC OKAY.
AND BECAUSE THE COST IS A MAJOR ISSUE.
BECAUSE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A ABILITY TO DO IT, BUT SO, SO I, I WAS SUPPOSED TO IS, BUT OKAY.
MAKE SURE W WE HAVE A CAPACITY ABILITY OKAY.
AND THEN WE CAN COME TO OUT TO, IF YOU PULL INTO ANYTHING IN POLICY TO, I THINK WE ALL FOLLOW IT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT CAUSE, AND, UH, OKAY.
AND, UH, SHE VERY NICE SAY, AND I THINK SHE TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN KIND OF LOOK INTO IT.
AND, AND AGAIN, I KNOW THE CITY OF PASADENA IT'S BECOME A REVENUE GENERATOR FOR THEM.
AND SO THIS, THIS MIGHT ALSO BE A WAY NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE A UTILITY, UM, BUT ALSO A WAY TO GENERATE REVENUE.
I MEAN, WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING IN, ESPECIALLY THAT IS UNDERGROUND.
I MEAN, SO WE'RE, AND YOU KNOW, ALL THESE ELECTRICALS, IF WE CAN KIND OF GO IN JUNCTION WITH THAT, THEN THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND REVENUE FOR THE CITY EVEN BETTER.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, REQUESTS OR REPORTS I'LL SPEND TOO MUCH? YEAH.
UH, I WANTED TO, UH, REALLY, UH, THINK AND HIGHLIGHT THE, THE WORK, UH, THAT, UH, THE CITY CITY MANAGER, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, UH, RAUL, UM, AND, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROXANNE, AND THE REST OF THE STAFF, UM, WITH THE ISSUE OF, WITH THE WEST COVINA BRUINS AND WHAT WAS GOING ON, UH, CORTEZ FIELDS FOR THEIR, THEIR FOOTBALL SEASON.
UH, I JUST THINK, UH, THE WAY STAFF WAS ABLE TO MOVE ON THAT, UH, AND SHOW THAT WHEN THERE'S CAPACITY, UH, CITY, GOVERNMENT, UH, DOES GOOD WORK.
AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT YOU DID AND CITY MANAGER HARMONY.
UH, I THINK YOU, YOU, YOU LED ON THAT AND THAT, UH, WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE RECOGNIZED.
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UH, I WANT TO APOLLO, UM,AND WHEN I SEE SOME SHOPPING CARDS OR, OKAY.
WE, AND GRAFFITI, I TOOK A PICTURE, I SENT IT TO HIM AND THEY HIT AND TOOK CARE OF BY THE WAY.
AND, UH, AND, AND, UH, HE WAS REALLY DEDICATED.
WE LUCKY TO HAVE, UH, THE STAFF LIKE HIM, AND THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO BE VERY PROACTIVE TO CLEAN THE CT ISSUE AND TAKING CARE OF THE CT THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
AND THE FINALLY WE FEEL LIKE WE GOT SOMETHING GOING ON THAT CT RESIDENT DESERVED TO A QUEEN CITY AND, UH, IT DELIVER, OKAY.
HE JUST, I KNOW HE ONLY, LIKE HOW MANY MONTHS, SIX MONTHS WITH US, I FEEL LIKE IT AGES, BUT BECAUSE WE SOLD DEMAND ON HIM TO CLEAN UP THE CITY AND, UH, UNDERSTAND HIM.
I THINK HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.
THE LEADERSHIP WAS, UH, HIS STAFF.
AND, UH, OF COURSE, ON THE ROSEANNE TO INTRODUCE THE SCHOOL STAFF TO OUR CITY AND, UH, HEY, GOOD STAFF, HARD TO FIND AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE STAFF ARE WORKING SO HARD FOR US AND COMMENTS.
AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THAT.
AND DO I HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.