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GOOD[Call to Order]
EVENING.WELCOME TO OUR ALGO'S 16TH, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR MATT CHAVEZ FROM ALL-IN-ONE CHURCH, WEST COVINA AND MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT TIME TO COME TOGETHER.
UNITED AS ONE AS ONE CITY OF WEST COVINA GOD.
AND, UH, WE KNOW YOU'RE BEHIND US AND YOU ARE A FOUNDATION, SO WE KNOW THAT BUSINESSES CAN THRIVE LORD, AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE SOME GREAT DECISIONS.
LORD, WE ASK YOU FOR THAT WISDOM TONIGHT, LORD, IN ALL OF OUR CONVERSATIONS.
CAUSE THAT'S ONE THING YOU SAY, DON'T STOP ASKING, KEEP ASKING FOR MORE WISDOM.
GOD, AND WE NEED MORE OF THAT LORD.
GOD, AND WE'RE THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMAZING GRACE LORD AND JUST, UH, JUST CONTINUE TO BLESS US.
LOOK, IF WE WANT TO SEE WEST COVINA THRIVE, NOT JUST SURVIVE, BUT THRIVE, ALWAYS ON THE GO LORD.
CERTAINLY BECAUSE WE'RE ALL THROUGH THRIVING AND WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER.
GOD, WE THANK YOU TONIGHT, LORD, THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER, KEEP WORKING, EAT OUT AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAVOR AND YOUR BLESSING IN JESUS' NAME.
EVERYBODY SAID, AMEN, RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
I CAN DELETE THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER IT'S ABOUT DUBAI COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILMAN LOPEZ, VETO MAYOR PRO TEM, D S THEY ACCUSTOM ON US.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO REPORT AT A CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING MR. MAYOR.
[PRESENTATIONS]
THE PRESENTATIONS PART OF OUR AGENDA WILL BE LED BY A PRESENTATION BY POLICE CHIEF BELL ON THE ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING THAT RECENTLY TOOK PLACE.THANK YOU, CHIEF MICROPHONE IS YOURS TESTING.
GOOD, GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON STAFF MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
UH, I THINK ALL OF US OVER THE AT LEAST PAST YEAR HAVE SEEN ALL OF THE MASS SHOOTINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN.
I THINK THAT OUR HEARTS GO OUT MOST WHEN IT'S INVOLVING CHILDREN.
ALTHOUGH ALL OF IT IS A TRAGEDY LAST YEAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED RIGHT AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS REACHED OUT TO ME AND THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING AND OUR COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.
I ACTED IN THAT MOMENT, MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOME EXTRA PATROL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FINISH OUT OUR SCHOOL YEAR AND MAKE SURE OUR KIDS WERE SAFE.
AND IN THE INTERIM WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE HAD AN ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING AND BECAUSE OF COVID AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAD BEEN AWHILE.
SO I CHALLENGED MY TRAINING CADRE TO COME UP WITH A PROGRAM AND LET'S LET'S, LET'S DO IT AGAIN.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT ISN'T, IT ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT WEST COVINA HAS DONE THIS.
WE HAVE DONE IT AT MULTIPLE SCHOOLS.
THE MALL WE'VE DONE IT AT CHURCHES, BUT WE HADN'T DONE IT IN AWHILE.
OUR TRAINING CADRE CAME UP WITH A DYNAMIC DYNAMIC PROGRAM.
THE FIRST PART OF THE PROGRAM CONSISTED OF CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, WHICH LASTED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE HOURS.
THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO THOSE THINGS? HOW ARE WE GOING TO RESPOND AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT? AND THEN THE SECOND HALF OF THAT TRAINING WAS ACTUAL PRACTICAL TRAINING, WHICH WE PERFORMED AT TRAYWICK MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
UM, SIMUNITIONS WERE INVOLVED LITTLE SIMULATIONS BECAUSE WE CAN WALK AWAY FROM THEM, BUT IT ALSO GIVES THE OFFICERS SORT OF THAT LIVE FEEL.
AND ALTHOUGH I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE EXACT TRAINING THAT WE DID, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL TRAININGS THAT WERE, UH, DONE AROUND THE SCHOOLS, SMALL POCKET TRAININGS ENCOUNTERS WITH, UM, WHAT WE CALL SUSPECTS OR BAD GUYS.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THAT TRAINING, WE CAME TOGETHER FOR ONE LARGE TRAINING.
UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN BEING THERE BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, UH, IF THERE'S AN ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING, OBVIOUSLY THE FIRE'S GOING TO BE INVOLVED.
THEY WERE THERE, THEY WERE THERE TO ASSIST.
UH, WE INVOLVE KIDS FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR ORGANIZATION TO COME AND ACT AS ROLE PLAYERS.
UM, IT WAS SO REAL THAT RESIDENTS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTUALLY THOUGHT
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THERE WAS LIVE FIRE.AND IT JUST SO, YOU KNOW, WE DID PUT OUT, UM, A NOTIFICATION THAT WE WOULD BE DOING THIS, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN YOU HEAR IT.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT TRAINING WILL DEFINITELY HELP US AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS SOMETHING WE PLAN ON CONTINUING TO DO.
I THINK THE, UM, COUNCILMAN, UH, LED TO THE LOPEZ WAS ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND ACTUALLY PUT EYES ON IT AND SEE IT FOR HERSELF.
AND I THINK SHE WAS VERY IMPRESSED.
AND ANYONE ELSE THAT SHOWED UP FOR IT, I'M NOT SURE WHO ELSE SHOWED UP FOR, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY.
UM, THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WAS DONE BEHIND THE SCENES.
WE ACTUALLY HAD MEETINGS WITH.
UM, WE ENDED A VALLEY AND WE WENT DOWN THERE AND WE HAD A VERY GOOD TALK WITH THEM ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO AT THEIR FACILITIES AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO IN THE FUTURE, THAT THAT WOULD HELP US.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD A, ANOTHER TRAINING OVER AT THE TRANSIT BUILDING AND WHAT THAT ONE WAS, IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, WHAT DO YOU DO AFTER THE ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING? AND SO THAT PRESENTATION WAS PUT ON AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS WERE INVITED THERE.
UH, HEALTHCARE OFFICIALS, OF COURSE THE TRANSIT FOLKS WERE, WERE INVITED THERE.
AND WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT HOW DO WE COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY? WHAT DO WE DO AFTER THE INCIDENT? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT RARELY GETS TALKED ABOUT.
SO I WAS VERY PROUD THAT THAT WAS, UH, ABLE TO BE PUT ON.
AND, UM, I'M GOING TO BRING UP HER NAME AGAIN.
JERRY PORTRAITS ASKED ME BEFORE THIS ACTUALLY EVEN HAPPENED.
IS THERE A WAY WE CAN GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED? CAN YOU HAVE A TRAINEE IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT IT'S BEEN AWHILE.
AND SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I THINK SOMEWHERE AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER OR MID OCTOBER, WE WILL HAVE SOME TRAINING FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN OBVIOUSLY WE GIVE THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND SOME OF THOSE FOLKS, BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE OUR RESIDENTS FEEL SAFER AND TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND SHOULD SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN.
I AM PRAYING THAT IT DOESN'T, BUT IF IT DOES, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WEST COVINA WILL BE READY TO RESPOND.
THANK YOU, CHIEF BELL FOR THAT.
AND NOW A COMMENT FROM COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, VIAGRA, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT WAS A WELL-ORGANIZED, IT WAS INTENSE.
UM, AND I LIKED THE FACT THAT THEY HIT THE BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER INCIDENT.
THIS DOES HIT HOME TO ME BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THOSE WHO KNOW ME, I'VE, I'VE HAD, UH, SHOOTINGS AT MY PARK DEATH IN MY OWN PARKING LOT IN FRONT DOOR, BULLET HOLES AND EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, I GREATLY APPRECIATE THIS BECAUSE SAFETY IS A BIG CONCERN.
I DID MENTION ABOUT HAVING ONE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
UM, BUT, UH, IF I, I KNOW THE ALSO THREW OUT SURPRISES, SO I WAS THERE DURING THAT WHOLE, UM, END OF THE GRAND FINALE EVENT.
AND SO I, I SAW SOME UNEXPECTED THINGS THAT THEY JUST THROW AT THE OFFICERS OR THE PEOPLE WITH THE M NINE RIGHT THERE NEXT TO ME.
THE OFFICERS HANDLED IT WELL, THE, UH, FIRE HANDLED IT WELL, IT WAS NICE TO KNOW THAT SOME OF THE FIRE CARRIES.
AND SO THEY'RE JUST NOT THERE.
UM, THE COMMUNITY AND THE KIDS THAT WERE THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT HITS, IT HITS DIFFERENTLY WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY SIMULATED.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU.
IT WAS WELL PUT TOGETHER ORGANIZED, AND I'M GLAD YOU INVOLVED THE HOSPITALS, THE SCHOOLS, THE COMMUNITY, AND MADE IT AS REAL AS IT COULD BE.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN IN THAT SITUATION, SO IT FELT REAL AS IT CAN BE.
AND, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR CITY DID A FABULOUS JOB.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, OUR CHIEF CAPELLI, WE'LL BE INTRODUCING AND WELCOMING OUR NINE NEW FIRE RECRUITS, CHIEF CAPELLI TO THE MIC, PLEASE.
BEFORE WE START INTRODUCING OUR NEW FIREFIGHTERS, I WANT TO ECHO A COUNCIL, A MEMBER, MS. LOPEZ SAYS THAT IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT TEAM EFFORT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID A GREAT JOB OF INCLUDING US AND US BEING PART OF THE INTEROPERABLE TRAINING THAT I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE HAD THAT IN DEPTH OF A INOPERABLE TRAINING WITH THE HOSPITALS POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, SCHOOLS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, TO PREPARE FOR SOMETHING THAT WE HOPE NEVER EVER HAPPENS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THANK YOU TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR INCLUDING US AND ALL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES THAT PARTICIPATED IN WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN PUTTING TOGETHER AS WELL.
UH, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, I'M FIRE CHIEF, FUCK VINCE CAPELLI COUNCIL STAFF CITIZENS.
WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO JUST, UH, INTRODUCE OUR NINE NEW FIREFIGHTERS OR SEVEN NEW FIREFIGHTERS AND TWO FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS THAT, UH, WE'LL BE WORKING, UH, STREETS FOR NEXT 12 MONTHS TO DO A BUNCH OF TESTS AND TRAINING AND SERVE YOU EVERY DAY THAT THEY'RE AT WORK.
AND, UH, WE JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, PUBLICLY.
I'M JUST GOING TO GO DOWN THE LINE AND INTRODUCE EACH OF THEIR NAMES SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE THEM AND THANK THEM FOR, UH, GIVEN THEIR, UM, OATH TO
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SERVE THE COMMUNITY WEST COVINA.WE HAVE, UH, TONY ANDRATI IS ONE OF OUR NEW FIREFIGHTERS.
UM, WHERE ARE YOU STATIONED AT STATION THREE, ANNOUNCED FOR YOUR STATION DATA? I DON'T KNOW WHERE ALL STATIONS.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE EVERYBODY'S STATIONED.
UH, LUKE BENENSON, BRIANNA FOR CONDO, NAOMI FOR GAY KEITH LINDSEY, DAVID MCCARTER, LOOKING AT THEM ALL.
OH, GARRETT SHARBER MICHAEL SAVIANO AND TRISTEN CHUBB.
ALL OF THESE YOUNG FOLKS, UH, PUT THEMSELVES THROUGH A FIRE ACADEMY AND THEN WE INTERVIEWED THEM AND TESTED THEM AND PUT THEM THROUGH OUR OWN EVALUATION ACADEMY.
THEY DID ROUGHLY SIX WEEKS OF INTENSE TRAINING THAT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE TOOK, UH, 10 WEEKS AND THEY SUCCESSFULLY PASSED.
AND NOW THEY'RE ON THE FLOOR AND THEY'RE WORKING EVERY DAY, LIKE TO THANK THEM AND WISH THEM GOOD LUCK FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
THANK YOU TO THE NEW RECRUITS CHIEF CAPELL OH, QUICK QUESTION.
OH, ARE THESE, UH, THE ONLY TWO FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS WE HAVE IN THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT? YES.
WE'VE HAD TWO FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS.
THEY ALL WORK VERY HARD TO BE WHERE THEY'RE AT TODAY.
AND THEY'RE A GOOD TEAM AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL TOGETHER.
AND WOULD YOU MIND, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S HAVE THE RECRUITS LINED UP IN THE MIDDLE.
WHY DON'T WE GET A PHOTO WITH THE COUNCIL? SOUNDS GREAT.
THAT'S WHY I GOT TO ASK THE CHIEF, IF THEY'RE ALL FROM WEST VIRGINIA.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CHIEF? I WAS GOING TO ASK THESE NEW RECRUITS YOU'VE CAPELLI OH, SORRY.
I FORGOT TO ASK CHIEF CAPELLI I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK HER MAYBE, UH, ONE OF, YOU KNOW, UM, OUT OF ALL THESE NEW RECRUITS, ARE THEY FROM WEST COVINA OR ARE THEY LATERAL? ARE THEY INTERNAL FIRE? YEAH.
SORRY TO, TO THEM OR LATERALS.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, THEY DID THE WHOLE TRAINING LATERALS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO AS MUCH TRAINING AS THE REST.
SO WHAT THEY OPTED TO DO TRAINING WITH THE REST OF THEIR TEAM.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE ALL FROM.
I THINK ONE GREW UP IN THE AREA AND THE OTHERS ARE ALL WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS, I THINK YOU AND YOUR QUESTIONS.
AND, UH, SO A COUPLE OF POSITIVE PRESENTATIONS FOR WE MOVE ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF SAD NEWS, A LOT OF SAD NEWS.
ACTUALLY IT'S AN ADJOURNMENT FOR DON LOUIS HOLTZ.
HE WENT TO BE WITH HIS HEAVENLY FATHER ON AUGUST 7TH OF THIS YEAR, SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY.
DON WAS A LOVING AND DEVOTED HUSBAND, FATHER, AND POPPO WHO FOUGHT ALONG AN ARDUOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER.
HE WAS BORN IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ON OCTOBER 25TH, 1936 AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, DON ATTENDED MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.
AND IN 1956, HE JOINED THE U S ARMY SECURITY AGENCY
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AS A TELETYPE INTERCEPTOR.HE SPENT THREE YEARS IN THE ARMY WITH TWO OF THOSE YEARS STATIONED IN JAPAN.
HE MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE.
SHARON BERTRAM ON JUNE 4TH, 1960, SHORTLY AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE, THEY MOVED TO CALIFORNIA TO PURSUE A CAREER OPPORTUNITY IN LA, DON AND SHARON SETTLED IN WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA IN 1974, WHERE THEY RAISED THEIR CHILDREN, LAURIE AND GUY, DON WORKED FOR PACIFIC TELEPHONE FOR OVER 30 YEARS BEFORE RETIRING AS VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING DAWN'S WEST COVINA POLICE CAREER STARTED IN 1973, WHERE HE WORKED IN THE PATROL DIVISION IN 1974, HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF RESERVE SERGEANT AND PROMOTED AGAIN TO RESERVE LIEUTENANT IN 1979.
DON TOOK A BREAK FROM SERVICE IN 1983 ONLY TO RETURN IN 1995 DON'S CAREER INCLUDED, WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS DIVISION, WHERE HE TAUGHT THE POPULAR DARE PROGRAM TO ELEMENTARY CHILDREN IN THE WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
DON WAS ALSO A TIME MEMBER OF THE WEST COVINA PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND HE ACTUALLY SERVED WITH ME WHILE I WAS ON THERE.
DON WAS AN AVID GOLFER AND CORVETTE FANATIC, BOTH DON AND SHARON WERE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF CALIFORNIA CORVETTE CLUB, ELKS CLUB.
AND HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BARN, BOYS AND HER STRETCH, AND HE WILL BE MISSED.
SO WE ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IN HIS HONOR.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
NOW MOVING ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? I HAVE FIVE SPEAKER CARDS.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS VALERIE MUNOZ FOLLOWED BY HERMAN FOLLOWED BY JONAH BRIS, BRESLIN.
MAYOR HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I'M MAYOR PRO TEM, VALERIE MUNOZ FROM THE CITY OF LA QUINTA.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SAN GABRIEL BASIN, WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY, REPRESENTING CITIES WITH NON PUMPING RIGHTS.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE IN PERSON AND SEE ALL OF YOU GUYS FACE TO FACE.
IT'S BEEN SOME TIME WITH THE PANDEMIC.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK, UM, AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, UM, FOR THE WQA MY PLEDGE WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE INFORMED OF THE CLEANUP EFFORTS IN THE SAN GABRIEL BASIN.
I HAVE HANDED TO YOU A INVITATION FOR A WATER TOUR.
WE'RE STARTING TO CONDUCT THOSE NOW THAT WE'RE OPENING UP.
UM, THIS IS A 90 MINUTE TOUR THAT TALKS UP THAT KIND OF JUST GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF THE CLEANUP EFFORTS IN THE BASIN TOURS.
SO YOU CAN SEE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE BASIN LOOKS LIKE AS WELL AS A ACTUAL OPERABLE UNIT.
WE USUALLY GO TO THE BALDWIN PARK.
UM, THE DEBBY QA IS A SPECIAL DISTRICT CREATED BY THE STATE BACK IN 1992.
AND THE PLANS WERE TO FACILITATE, PROVIDE CLEAN UP IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY WITH APPROXIMATELY 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY DIRECTLY AFFECTED WITH THE CLEANUP EFFORTS.
WE DO NOT SELL WATER, WE JUST CLEAN IT UP AND WE ALSO KEEP RESPONSIBLE PARTIES RESPONSIBLE WITH FEDERAL FUNDING.
SO ENSURE THAT RATE PAIRS ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THIS.
AND SO WE TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FUNDING OF THAT AS WELL.
THE, ALSO WHAT WE HAVE DONE THIS YEAR, UM, INCLUDING THROUGH COVID, WE'VE ALREADY SECURED OVER $50 MILLION THIS YEAR WITH THE COMBINATION OF PROP ONE AND GRANTS, AS WELL AS APPROPRIATIONS THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UM, WE ALWAYS ASK FOR SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO REALLY ENGAGE WITH OUR COUNCIL.
WATER'S A HUGE ISSUE IN THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY DURING DROUGHT.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE INFORMED, UM, BUT SUPPORT FROM CITIES, UM, ENSURE THAT OUR MESSAGES IS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE STATE, UM, TO THE CAPITOL.
SO WHEN WE DO ASK FOR THOSE APPROPRIATIONS AND FUNDINGS TO CONTINUE WITH THE CLEANUP EFFORTS, WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT AGAIN.
MY PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER AND INFORMATION IS ON THERE, AND I REALLY HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND I WILL DEFINITELY BE REACHING OUT FOR COFFEE SOMEDAY.
HERMAN FOLLOWED BY JONAH FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATRISSE.
SO I SEE THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR STATE LICENSE BOARD INTAKE AND MEDIATION CENTER.
WHY DO WE HAVE THIS WELL IT'S TO RESOLVE UNLAWFUL BUSINESS PRACTICES BY THE CITY ENTITY OF WEST COVINA, UNDER ISSUES OF THE BROWN ACT VIOLATIONS 54, 9 50 TO 54, 9 63, BECAUSE LIKE THE BUREAUCRACY OF JUST BULLSHIT, WE HAVE TOO MUCH.
AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I GOT A SECOND LETTER FROM THANK YOU, GEORGE GUS GONG REGARDING THE ISSUE
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OF POSSIBLE DECEPTIVE, UNLAWFUL BUSINESS AND INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS KIND IS INITIALLY HANDLED BY THE CONTRACTOR STATE LICENSE BOARD FOR THE RECORD.ISN'T THAT NICE? SEEMS LIKE I GOT PLENTY OF TIME TO DO THIS LITTLE EXTRA RESEARCH AFTER THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY INQUIRIES ABOUT BROWN ACT VIOLATIONS OR MEETING VIOLATIONS, CONTACT 2 1 3, 2 5, 7 24 7 5.
THIS WAY YOU WILL PROTECT NOT YOUR PUBLIC, RIGHT AS A SPEAKER, BUT YOU WILL PROTECT YOUR ISSUES HERE IN WEST COVINA.
NOW I SAY THAT BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY PROTECT IT EXPRESSION OR PROTECT HIS IS WHAT I'M SAYING TODAY.
AND THE UNFORTUNATE SADNESS TO ALL THIS.
AS YOU HEARD EARLIER ABOUT WHAT THE POLICE SEND THEIR SO-CALLED FAKE LITTLE PRESENTATION ABOUT CRIME AND HOW TO DEAL WITH IT IS LET'S BE HONEST WAS SHIT HAPPENS.
GOD IS GOING TO COME LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT AND IT'S GOING TO ROB EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT CREATED PROBLEMS AGAINST THE PUBLIC ON MY BEHALF.
AND I'M GOING TO PRAY THAT GOD DESTROYS THE ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES FOR DOING SO WHEN CHINA COMES AND DESTROYS AMERICA, BECAUSE TONY WOOL TOOK A MARINE EIGHT YEARS AGO TO CHINA, WHY, WHY ARE ALL THESE FUCKING PEOPLE IN OUR POLITICS, GOING TO CHINA AND DOING BAD BUSINESS FOR OUR BEHALF? WHY, WHY ARE WE ALLOWING THIS? DON'T YOU SEE THAT, THAT DUMB BITCH, EXCUSE THE LANGUAGE THAT DUMB BITCH, JANICE HAHN NOW HAS COVID AND THE SUPERVISORS WHO CONTINUE TO PUSH VACCINATIONS AND BOOSTERS LIKE THE DUMB, DUMB 46 PRESIDENT'S WIFE ALL HAVE COVID AND LOOK AT MY DUMB ASS.
GOOD SHOT, NO BOOSTER AND NO GODDAMN COVID SHOT.
WHY? BECAUSE I WASH MY HANDS EVERY DAY.
I MADE SURE I DON'T TOUCH SCUMBAGS, WHO POLITICALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MY NEIGHBORS, THE MARINES THAT ARE LEFT WITH THEIR FAMILIES ON THE STREETS WITH NO HOUSING.
AND I'M GOING TO READ THIS POLITELY INTO THE RECORD, AND I HOPE IT DOESN'T OFFEND ANYONE SLIDER VERSUS FELT, OH, GOD HATES THE USA.
THANK GOD FOR DEAD SOLDIERS IN HELL, PRIESTS, RAPE BOYS, GOD HATES FAGS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HELL AND GOD HATES YOU.
SO IT'S HERE SNYDER VERSUS EVERYBODY, OR CEMENT IS PROTECTED SPEECH.
WHY, WHY DO THEY CALL THIS HATE SPEECH? BECAUSE THEY'RE IN DENIAL.
DOESN'T WEAR HER WEDDING RING ANYMORE FOR WHATEVER REASONS, BUT IT'S NOT A MY BUSINESS, BUT IT'S NOTICEABLE AND SHE'S LOSING WEIGHT.
POOR MOMMY AND MR. ROSARIO DIAZ DOESN'T ATTEND ANY OF THE TRANS TRANSMIT, UM, FOOTHILL, UH, MEETINGS ANYMORE BECAUSE SHE JUST SHOWS UP TO EAT AND LEAVES.
WHAT THE FUCK? WHAT THE FUCK? YEAH, I SHOW UP TO NOW AS, AS DARCEL, SORRY, CASE I HAVE NOTHING OTHER THAN SAY THAT.
AND AS FAR AS TONY WOO POLITICAL CRIMINAL, I ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY AND IT'S ALL BULLSHIT.
YOU EVER HEAR HIM RAT ON AND ON AND ON? HE SOUNDS SO FUCKING RIDICULOUS.
HE ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE ME OR RANTING LUNATIC.
AND AS FAR AS BRIAN, BRIAN'S A GOOD GUY.
WHY I SAY THAT? BECAUSE BRIAN USUALLY HAS TO DEFEND HIMSELF AGAINST THE PROTESTS HUSBAND OR BOYFRIEND THAT CONSTANTLY THREATENS HIM.
I'M SOMEBODY WHO'S INTO THE RECORD.
JONAH BREASTS, LU JERRY PATRAS AND JOHN SHOEMAKER.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF, YOU KNOW, HERE, LOCAL 11, THE HOSPITALITY WORKERS UNION, UH, HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WE REPRESENT ABOUT 32,000 WORKERS IN THE HOTELS AND STADIUMS AND, UH, RESTAURANTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, INCLUDING, AND WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED MEMBERS WHO
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LIVE HERE IN WEST COVINA.UH, AND I WANTED TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT ITEM TWO.
OUR MEMBERS HAVE A DEEP INTEREST IN THE SALE OF PUBLIC LAND, UH, LAND THAT BELONGS TO THE TAXPAYERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, PROJECTS IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY THAT WE KNOW SO WELL.
UH, AND SO WHEN WE SEE HOTEL PROJECTS ON PUBLIC LAND, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BENEFIT ALL THE TAXPAYERS AND THE RESIDENTS AND OUR MEMBERS IN PARTICULAR.
AND SO WE BELIEVE IN GENERAL THAT CITIES SHOULD MAINTAIN PUBLIC LANDS IN PUBLIC HANDS AND PURSUE LONGTERM REVENUE BASED LEASES, UH, RATHER THAN SALES, WHICH GAVE HOOK THE CITIES, UH, MORE ABILITY TO, UH, CONTROL THE LONGTERM USES OF THE SITE.
UH, MORE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, HAS THE CITY CONSIDERED, UH, HOLDING ONTO THIS LAND, UH, AND PURSUING A LEASE.
SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU, JERRY PATRISSE, JOHN SHOEMAKER.
I'M GOING TO JUST COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM TWO SALE OF THE CITY YARD.
THE COUNCIL IS SELLING THE CITY LAMP YARD, PUBLICLY OWNED PROPERTY WITHOUT GIVING A REASON TO THE RESIDENCE.
SECOND, THE COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED A PRACTICE OF SELLING MAJOR PROPERTY ASSETS TO PAY FOR OPERATIONS.
IT PRIMARY MARKER FOR BANKRUPTCY IN MOST PEOPLE'S MINDS.
THIRD, THE COUNCIL HAS SHOWN NO INCLINATION TO CONTROL OVER SPENDING.
SO MONEY GAINED FROM THE PROPERTY.
SALES WILL BE QUICKLY SPENT REQUIRING FURTHER PROPERTY SALES IN A DOWNWARD SPIRAL FORTH.
THE COUNCIL CAN'T WAIT TO CONVERT OUR BEAUTIFUL, WARM, SUBURBAN CITY INTO A DENSE, COLD URBAN CITY THAT THE RESIDENTS REALLY DON'T WANT LAST.
AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL THE COUNCIL DISMISSES RESIDENT VIEWPOINTS.
THANK YOU, JOHN SHOEMAKER, YOU KNOW, I REALLY NEED SOMETHING THAT EXPLAINS YOU GUYS SAY SOMETHING.
RESERVES ARE OVER 24 MILLION, A 20 YEAR BEST.
WELL, I REMEMBER FRED SIKE SITTING, RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE COUNCIL MEMBER WU AND ASKING THE QUESTION.
IF WE HAVE $29 MILLION IN RESERVES, WHY ARE WE BORROWING MONEY? AND HE WAS HERE FROM 2011 TO 2015.
THAT STRIKES ME IS AGAIN, MAYBE I DON'T UNDERSTAND MATHEMATICS, BUT LAST TIME I CHECKED, 29 WAS HIGHER THAN 20 OR 24.
THEN I GO BACK FARTHER IN OUR ERA WHEN PEOPLE LIKE CATHY HOWARD WERE HERE AND BEN WONG WERE HERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT WAS IN THE FIFTIES RESERVES OUT.
NOW, IF I MISS SOMETHING, SINCE I GRADUATED FROM SCHOOL, THAT 50 IS LOWER THAN 24.
YOU KNOW, I JUST LIKE TO KNOW, LET'S SEE ADDED 10 ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS MAKING OUR POLICE FORCE HUNDREDS STRONG.
PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK FOR BEING EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE SIX YEARS AGO, EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE SIX YEARS AGO.
AND OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT ASSUMING ANYBODY'S QUIT RECENTLY, WHICH HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, TRANSFERRED, RETIRED, OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW MUCH YOU HAD TO DO WITH SOME OF THESE PORTOS.
IT OPENED WHILE YOU WERE HERE.
THEY HAD STARTED TALKING TO US BEFORE YOU WERE EVEN ON THE CONSOLE SUPERMARKET SPROUTS.
WOW, YOU WENT, YOU, YOU RECRUITED THEM.
CAN YOU SHOW US WHEN YOU WENT THERE, KNOCKED ON THEIR DOOR AND SAID, COME TO OUR CITY, YOU KNOW, BUT I NOTICED YOU DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE, WELL, DURING MY TERM, BASED ON LEFT, I STOPPED THE ENTERPRISE FROM COMING IN THE LIGHT TO, UH, FIX YOUR STORE ON AZUSA IS LEAVING.
WE CAN JUST KEEP GOING THROUGH THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE LEFT OR FINANCES IMPROVED CURRENT OPERATING BUDGET SURPLUS.
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I WAS TOLD THE SAME THING AND IN 19 AND 19 AND 20, WHEN IT WAS, UH, ABOUT A $16 MILLION LOSS, WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO PAGE EIGHT OF THE, UH, UH, COMBINED ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT SHOWS THAT ON PAGE EIGHT, THE FOLLOWING YEAR OR 2021 SHOWS AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT OR $9 MILLION LOSS AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AND BY THE WAY, ARE WE GOING TO GET THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BEFORE NEXT MARCH? YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE TRUTH, WHY AREN'T YOU PUBLISHING ON NOW THAT HORIZON NEWS NUMBER ONE, BUSINESS FRIENDLY REMINDS ME THAT WHEN I WORKED AT, IN THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY, UH, WE WERE GIVEN AN AWARD BY A LARGE CORPORATION FOR THE GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE WE GAVE TO OUR, UH, PEOPLE.AND I ASKED THE OWNER, WELL, THE CEO OF THE COMPANY, HOW DO WE GET THE AWARD? HE GOES, WE APPLIED FOR IT AND PAID THE FEE.
IT WAS, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE ALL THE YEARS THAT WE WERE GETTING AWARDS FOR OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT THE CONTROLLER AND THE AUDITOR SAID, WE'RE WRONG.
LOOK HOW GOOD WE ARE STATE CONTROL AND STAY OUT OR GO, NO, YOU'RE NOT.
SO YEAH, I JUST LOOK AT THIS AND I KIND OF GO, WOW, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WON'T TAKE? OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
THE ONLY THING YOU'LL TAKE CREDIT FOR IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CONSTRUED AS POSITIVE, BUT NOTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE, THAT'S NEGATIVE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BE HONEST, OR IS THIS YOUR DEFINITION OF HONEST SO I CAN PUT IT IN MY, YOU KNOW, IN THAT DICTIONARY I CAN PUBLISH.
SO WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING, WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
NO, BY THE WAY, NONE OF THE CRITICISM, AS YOU'VE SAID TO PEOPLE HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOUR ACTING ETHNIC BACKGROUND, TONY, IT'S YOUR LACK OF MAKING FUNDAMENTAL SOUND DECISIONS.
THAT SIMPLE, WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE.
YOU HAVE TO COUNSEL, BUT ON A FEW, FEW MEETINGS, GOOD TO SEE ALL AGAIN.
UM, SO TONIGHT I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SALE OF THE CITY YARD.
AND MY CONCERN WITH THAT KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH WHAT MS. PATRAS SAID EARLIER.
FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF SELLING THE LAND.
UM, NOT RIGHT NOW, NOT THROUGH THE RIGHT PROCESS, NOT NECESSARILY IN FAVOR OF TURNING IT INTO A HOTEL.
I KNOW TONY HAS A FASCINATION WITH HOTELS, WHETHER IT BE ON A DUMPER AT THE CITY YARD, I DON'T KNOW, BUT MY BIGGER CONCERN IS NOT SO MUCH THE SALE OF THE LAND AT THIS POINT.
IT'S WE HAVE SEVERAL FACILITIES THERE THAT ARE GOING TO BE DISPLACED.
WE HAVE OUR CITY YARD, WHICH IS, IT'S A PREDOMINANT PIECE.
WE HAVE A FIRE STATION, WHICH I KNOW HAS BEEN CONDEMNED AND A NEW ONE NEEDS TO BE CONSTRUCTED AND VARIOUS OTHER FACILITIES AT THIS LOCATION.
THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE WITH IT IS I DON'T BELIEVE I'VE SEEN ANYTHING COME THROUGH AS TO WHERE ALL OF THOSE FACILITIES ARE BEING RELOCATED.
SO WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY DOING IS TAKING SOMEBODY WILL TAKE IT AS LIKE LIVING IN A HOUSE.
IT'S LIKE ME SELLING MY HOUSE AND NOT KNOWING WHERE I'M MOVING TO.
I'M GOING TO MAKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY, BUT I'M GOING TO LIVE OUT OF MY CAR FOR THREE MONTHS OR SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR.
IT DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE, RIGHT? LOGIC.
SO THE QUESTION IS, AND IF I'M WRONG, THEN SHARE WITH ME WHERE I CAN FIND THE ANSWER, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE HAD ANY DISCUSSION AS A COUNCIL, AS A COMMUNITY, BUT WHERE THE FIRE STATION'S GOING.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE A STUDY.
THAT'S BEEN PUBLICIZED ABOUT RESPONSE TIMES.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE HAD A DISCUSSION TO WHERE THE MAINTENANCE CHART IS MOVING TO.
I THINK CONSENSUS SAYS THAT IT'S GOING TO THE SPORTSPLEX BECAUSE THAT'S THE NEW MAGIC LAND PIECE THAT THE CITY SEEMS TO THINK THEY CAN DO WHATEVER WANT THEY WANT WITH WELL, DRIVING A BUNCH OF CITY TRUCKS IN AND OUT OF THERE IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT I SEE IS CONDUCIVE TO HAVING SPORTS TEAMS AND YOUNG KIDS PLAYING IN A SPORTS PLEX, WHICH IS THE OTHER VISION THAT I HEAR FOR THE PLACE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE A BIG ENOUGH CITY YARD TO DO EVERYTHING WE WANT TO DO BASED ON EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN AND HOW IS ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED.
SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A VIABLE OPTION, BUT IF IT IS, IF THAT IS THE DIRECTION THAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO GO SHARE THAT WITH US, IF IT'S BEEN SHARED, SHOW ME WHERE I CAN FIND IT, BUT THE KEY IS I DON'T BELIEVE IT HAS.
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TRANSPARENCY, THE OPEN WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS WHAT THE INTENT IS TO MOVE THESE FACILITIES IS THE CITY YARD TOO BIG.DOES IT NEED TO BE CUT DOWN TO SOME OF THE LAND NEED TO BE SOLD MAYBE, BUT WE HAVE A BIGGER ISSUE IN KNOWING WHERE THOSE FACILITIES ARE BEING RELOCATED TO.
I'M NOT GOING TO MOVE OUT OF MY HOUSE, INTO MY CAR TO TURN A BUCK.
SO EITHER THE CITY HAS A PLAN, NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT WHICH IS A SYSTEMATIC PROBLEM.
I BELIEVE IN SOME OF THIS, OR WE HAVE NO PLAN, WHICH I ALSO BELIEVE IS SOMETIMES SYSTEMATIC IN THE CITY.
SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE WE DOING? BE UPFRONT BEFORE YOU VOTE TO SELL SOMETHING? AND CAN'T UNDO SOMETHING BEFORE WE HAVE PLANS AND BE UPFRONT WITH THE RESIDENTS AS TO WHAT THOSE PLANS ARE.
AND AGAIN, IF I'M WRONG, POINT ME TO WHERE I CAN FIND THE ANSWER AND I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME BACK UP IN HERE AND SAY I WAS WRONG, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN OUT.
THANK YOU GUYS, BILL ROBINSON.
UH, ANY, UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, THE MAIN MESSAGE TONIGHT DURING THESE COVID ITEMS AND THE MARTIAL LAW WE'VE EXPERIENCED, UH, THE LAST TWO YEARS, UH, SOME PEOPLE CALL IT, UH, IN OUR COVID-19 THE CLOT SHOT AND, AND, UH, EXPERIMENTAL, UH, EXPERIMENTAL DNA EDITING.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOUR DNA GETS EDITED IN PROPERLY, IT'S CALLED CANCER.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE ARE LINING UP TO GET AN EXPERIMENTAL, UH, UH, GENE THERAPY.
UM, SO MY MAIN MESSAGE IS, UH, DON'T LIVE IN FEAR.
UH, THERE'S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.
THIS MOMENT, THIS MONTH, THIS DECADE, UH, HAS NOT PRODUCED ANYTHING NEW.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN A LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND AWAKENING, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US, UH, BEFORE COVID, UH, WE'RE ALL SURROUNDED BY TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS OF GERMS EVERY DAY.
EVERY MOMENT, EVERY LOCATION YOU CAN'T ESCAPE THEM EVER.
DID WE WEAR MASKS IN THE PAST? NO.
DID WE SOCIALLY DISTANCE IN THE PAST? UH, I'M NOT A DOCTOR, BUT I READ SOMEWHERE THAT, UM, THE HUMAN BODY, ALL OF OUR HUMAN BODIES, WE HAVE MORE BACTERIA CELLS IN OUR HUMAN BODIES THAN WE HAVE HUMAN CELLS.
I MEAN, IMAGINE A CORAL REEF, WE'RE ALL CORAL REEFS AND, AND, UH, THE MEDIA, I KNOW WHY IT'S CONTROLLED BY BIG PHARMA HAS CONDITIONED US ALL TO BE AFRAID.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN REALITY AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
UH, THE, THE CDC AND THE FDA, THEY DON'T PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH.
THEY OUGHT TO BE, THOSE AGENCIES OUGHT TO BE ABOLISHED THEIR, THEIR PUPPETS FOR THE, FOR THE INDUSTRY.
UH, DOCTORS ARE TRAINED LIKE MONKEYS IN MEDICAL SCHOOL TO BE SHILLS FOR THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY.
AND NOW I DON'T BLAME DOCTORS.
THEY'RE GOOD AT DOING WHAT THEY'RE TOLD FOWCHEE TELLS THEM THE PRACTICE MEDICINE, OR YOU'LL GET IN TROUBLE, PUSHED THE SHOTS ON, ON YOUR PATIENTS.
THERE'S AN IT, HOSPITALS ARE INCENTIVIZED, UH, TO, UH, TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES.
SO I DON'T BLAME DOCTORS FOR BEING SHILLS FOR THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY.
HECK OUR CONGRESS, OUR SHILLS FOR THE INDUSTRY TO THE, WHAT WE'VE, WE'VE SUFFERED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, BAD LEADERSHIP AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE FEDS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE CITY, IT'S JUST BAD LEADERSHIP.
THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.
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I'M HOPING, UH, 80% OF THE OFFICE HOLDERS GET SENT WALKING PAPERS BY THE VOTERS.THERE'S PROBABLY 1,000, BUT THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL SHILLS FOR THE, FOR THE INDUSTRY.
IT'S A NEW, SALINI CALLED IT CORPORATISM.
SOME PEOPLE CALL IT FASCISM, BUT, BUT WE, THE PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, REPRESENTED BY ANYONE FOR A LONG, LONG, LONG TIME.
SO WE'VE REACHED THE POINT IN CURRENT HISTORY, UH, WHERE WE'RE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE THE PANDEMIC OF THE FACTS AND HATED, UH, THE RIGHT, UH, THE, THE MEDIUM AND THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS.
UH, THEY CALL IT, UH, AND BODY DEPENDENT ENHANCEMENT.
THESE WERE ALL THE GUINEA PIGS.
SO THE GUINEA PIGS, THE MEDIUM AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS ARE ABOUT READY TO APPEAR.
THAT'S THE PANDEMIC OF THE VACCINATED.
I'M ONLY GOT 22 SECONDS LEFT SHIT.
WELL, I SAID THE, UM, OH, WELL, I GUESS I'LL JUST BE CONTINUED NEXT TIME.
BILL IS ALWAYS FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
YOU HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? NO.
WOULD YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNS? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
I'LL TRY TO BRIEFLY RESPOND TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE MADE THIS EVENING.
UM, LIKE TO BEGIN BY THINKING, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBER, VALERIE MUNOZ FOR HER ONGOING WORK ON BEHALF OF, UM, WATER CLEANUP EFFORTS.
I KNOW IT'S A MAJOR ISSUE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND IN SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, UM, IN THIS REGION.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING WORK THERE.
UM, MR. ARMANDO HERMAN, UM, WAS ENCOURAGING US TO FOLLOW STATE LAW THERE ALPHA AND BROWN ACT, WHICH IS STATE LAW AND SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND WE WOULD WELCOME ANY SUGGESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS IF HE SEES THE NEED.
ANY, I'M NOT AWARE THREE OF OUR SPEAKERS TONIGHT, UH, JONAH BRESLOW, JERRY PORTRAITS, AND STEVE BENNETT, ALL EXPRESS VIEWPOINTS ABOUT THE REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTION, WHICH IS ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
THIS IS REALLY THE, ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IN A PROCESS WHEREIN THE CITY IS CONSIDERING THE FUTURE OF, OF THAT SITE AND THE FUTURE OF ITS, UM, FACILITIES AND THE NEED FOR THOSE.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING IN TERMS OF ESTABLISHING WHAT THE BUSINESS TERMS WOULD BE FOR A SALE OF THAT LAND TO A DEVELOPER.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AHEAD AND A LOT OF THINGS TO FIGURE OUT, AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, BUT THIS WOULD JUST SET THE STAGE IN WRITING.
IT DEFINES THE TERMS OF THAT PURCHASE, WHAT DEPOSIT WILL BE MADE AND, AND OUTLINES A PROCESS FOR GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS.
WHEN THERE ARE, UM, SPECIFICS TO REPORT, WE WILL RETURN, UM, PUBLICLY WITH THOSE.
UM, MR. SHEWMAKER TALKED ABOUT RESERVES.
OUR FINANCES ARE AUDITED ANNUALLY.
I THINK THE CITY HAS TURNED THE CORNER WITH THOSE.
I THINK THE CITY IS DOING A MUCH BETTER THAN IT WAS EVEN JUST THREE SHORT YEARS AGO.
WE'VE, UM, BUILT UP THE CASH RESERVE.
WE'RE NO LONGER, UM, IN THE SAME POSTURE WE WERE WE'RE IN A, IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE TODAY.
AND FINALLY, MR. ROBINSON AND GED, UM, ENCOURAGED US TO, TO BUILD A HEALTHY COMMUNITY.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING HARD TO DO.
I KNOW, UM, OUR CITY IS KEENLY INTERESTED IN IMPROVING HEALTH EQUITY AND ACCESS TO CARE.
AND IT SEEMS TO BE AT THE CORE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE CREATION OF NEW HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
NOW FOR YOUR CITY MANAGERS REPORT, I DO HAVE JUST A BRIEF REPORT.UM, STARTING WITH A REMINDER THAT TOMORROW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING FOR A NEW PLAYGROUND AT CORTEZ PARK.
THIS ONE WILL BE, UM, OPEN TO THE, TO THE KIDS, TO THE PUBLIC STARTING AT NINE 30, WE'RE GOING TO CUT A RIBBON TO REALLY CELEBRATE THIS AS A MOMENT.
THE PROJECT WAS DELAYED DURING THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION, WE HAD, UM, AN ARSONIST LIGHT, A FIRE, A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WAS STORED IN A POD THERE, BUT, UM, THE CONTRACTOR, UM, WORKED THROUGH HIS INSURANCE ISSUES AND GOT BACK UNDERWAY AND, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LERMA AND I WERE OUT THERE YESTERDAY.
I THINK YOU'LL, I THINK YOU'LL REALLY LIKE, IT WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH IT.
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WANTED TO MENTION, UM, A TOWN HALL MEETING UPCOMING ABOUT TRANSIT SERVICES.UM, THIS THURSDAY, THE 18TH AT 6:30 PM.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A VIRTUAL MEETING BY ZOOM AND, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO ASSESS THE NEEDS AND THE DESIRES OF THE PUBLIC FOR WHAT THE FUTURE OF TRANSIT WILL BE.
THE FORMER SYSTEM OF RUNNING, UM, FIXED ROUTE BUSES WITH NOBODY ON THEM, I THINK IS WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE BETTER THAN THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT, WE'RE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO RESEARCH WITH THE PUBLIC IN OUR TOWN HALL MEETING.
WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE A PART OF THAT NEXT SLIDE.
I WANTED TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO COME TO OUR STATE OF THE CITY RESILIENT WEST COVINA, UM, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS UP AT THE SPORTSPLEX FIVE 30 TO 8:30 PM.
WE THINK IT'LL BE A VERY POSITIVE NIGHT.
I KNOW LAST YEAR'S WAS A VERY SPECIAL EVENING, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME IF THEY ARE ABLE, ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO MARK THEIR CALENDARS FOR A HEALTH FAIR COMING UP.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, DR.
BAZELL ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UM, TESTS AT NO COST AND LOW COSTS.
WE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO HELP PEOPLE WITH, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH SCREENINGS AND TESTINGS.
WE WANT TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.
SO WE INVITE PEOPLE TO COME ON ON THE NINTH TO, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT, UM, DR.
BAZELL HAS PUTTING TOGETHER FOR US.
AND LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME ELECTION DATES.
UM, THE PERIOD FOR NOMINATIONS CLOSED LAST FRIDAY, WE DID HAVE ONE INCUMBENT NOT FILE.
UM, MAYOR, WE'RE GOING TO MISS HAVING YOU ON OUR COUNCIL, BUT, UM, THAT DOES EXTEND BY FIVE BUSINESS DAYS, THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT TO ALSO PUT IN PAPERS IF THEY WISH TO.
UM, SOME OF THESE OTHER DATES OF THE ELECTION ARE FAST APPROACHING, BUT BY MAIL BEGINS OCTOBER THE 10TH AND ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH.
AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
RIGHT ALONG TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.WE'VE GOT 11 ITEMS ON CONSENT TODAY.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PULL ANY? OH, GO AHEAD.
WE GOT FOUR BEING PULLED FOUR AND 5, 2, 2, 4, AND FIVE.
I'LL BE PULLING 10 AND COUNCILMAN MOVE.
SO 2, 4, 5, AND 10 WILL BE PULLED.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL EXCEPT 2, 4, 5, AND 10.
THE MOTION A SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
WHO MADE THE MOTION ONE TO, OH SHIT BY MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ.
SECOND BY COUNCIL OF WOMEN HAS VIANO COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ AVIATO THEY APPROACHED MTS.
I, THEY ARE COSTA LATINOS, THOSE ITEMS PASS FIVE, ZERO.
[2) CONSIDERATION OF EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY YARD PROJECT SITE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA]
TWO, IT'S THE CITY ART ITEM.UH, BRIAN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
UM, SO I HAD, UM, SOME, SOME CONCERNS, UH, ABOUT THE, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ENA, UH, WITH ENVISION.
UM, FIRST FROM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE SURPLUS LAND ACT, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS, IS, IS A KEY COMPONENT, UH, AND FROM, FROM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, UM, THERE'S, UM, A 25%, UH, GUIDELINE, UH, AND, AND THIS, UH, THIS ONLY HAS A 15%, UH, AFFORDABLE UNIT, UH, PROPOSAL.
UH, NOW I UNDERSTAND FROM SPEAKING WITH STAFF, THE, THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE WAS COMPARABLE.
UM, BUT I, I THINK A MAJOR ISSUE IS, UH, THE, THE OTHER THREE, UH, OLSON COMPANY, CITY VENTURES AND MERITAGE HOMES WHEN THEY SUBMITTED THEIR PROPOSALS, IT WAS AT LOWER DENSITY, UH, IN ENVISION, THEIR PROPOSAL WAS BEYOND THE DENSITY THAT THE CITY HAD ORIGINALLY INTENDED.
UH, AND SO, UH, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS, IS A PROCESS QUESTION.
UM, FIRST OFF THOSE OTHER THREE ENTITIES, WHERE WERE THEY GIVEN AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO PURSUE A PROPOSAL AT THE DENSITY LEVEL THAT ENVISION, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS AGENDA ITEM CONCERNS, UH, CONSIDERATION OF, UH, LETTING OF, UH, UM, EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY YARD PROJECT SITE.
I'M GOING TO ASK OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO ANSWER ON THE COUNCIL MEMBERS QUESTIONS.
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THANK YOU.WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, SO THROUGH THE, THE CITY DID GO THROUGH THE SURPLUS LAND ACT AS REQUIRED TO DISPOSE OF THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY.
UM, AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT FOR A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF UNITS THAT NEEDED TO BE AFFORDABLE.
UM, WE DID SPEAK WITH ALL OF THOSE, UH, DEVELOPERS THAT DID SUBMIT, AND WE DID PROVIDE THEM UPDATES ON WHAT THE CITY WAS LOOKING FOR ON THAT SITE.
SO THEY DID ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, REVISE THEIR PROPOSALS, UM, TO BETTER MATCH OR, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE AS CLOSE AS THEY COULD A PROPOSAL THAT MET THE GOALS OF THE CITY.
UH, AND, AND SO, SO, SO MY UNDERSTANDING THOUGH, IS, IS, IS THE OTHER, THE OTHER PROPOSALS HAD, UM, MET THE 25% AFFORDABLE UNIT, UH, THRESH, NOT ALL OF THEM.
NO, NO, BUT, BUT SEVERAL OF THEM DID SEVERAL OF THEM DEAD.
UH, AND I, I THINK MY, MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS, THIS PROPOSAL, UM, WAS MADE AT A, AT A MUCH HIGHER DENSITY THAN WHAT THE CITY PUT OUT.
AND, AND SO THE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WANTING TO, TO AGAIN, BUILD THAT MUCH HIGHER DENSITY, UM, WITH, WITH A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF AFFORDABLE UNITS THAN WHAT THE SURPLUS LAND ACT UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
AND SO, MY, MY, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THE OTHER PROPOSALS AT 25% OR ABOVE FOR AFFORDABLE UNITS, UM, NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT SEVERAL OF THEM, SEVERAL OF THEM DID.
UH, AND SO I, I GUESS MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT THE CITY, UH, IS SELLING THE SURPLUS LAND, UM, AT, AT THE LOWER AFFORDABLE, UH, UNIT PERCENTAGE.
AND THEN, THEN OTHERS PROPOSED TO BUILD WELL, IF YOU'RE, SO, FIRST OF ALL, IN THE, UH, NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY THROUGH THE SURPLUS LAND ACT, THERE WAS NOT A SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT OR NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR NORTH DENSITY WAS INCLUDED.
UM, THERE WERE PROPOSALS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO
AND SO THIS PROPOSAL IS ABOVE THAT.
I BELIEVE SOME OF THE OTHER ONES WERE AS WELL ABOVE THE, UM, ALLOWED ZONING AS WE CURRENT ZONING.
UM, I, I THINK THE, THE OTHER OTHER CONCERN, UH, THAT I HAVE IS, UM, THE ENVISION HOTEL PARTNERS.
UM, I WAS UNABLE TO SEE ANY HISTORY OF THEM DOING THIS TYPE OF, OF DEVELOPMENT.
UM, DO, DO WE, DO WE HAVE A RECORD OF, OF THEM DOING A LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS, THAT IS SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE VERIFY WITH THE DEVELOPER.
SO, SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A HUGE, UH, OBVIOUSLY 8.27 ACRES OF CITY LAND.
UH, IT'S ASKING FOR THE BUILDING OF A NEW FIRE STATION, IT'S REALLY CHANGING THE MAKEUP OF THE CITY WITH, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
AND THIS IS A DEVELOPER THAT DOESN'T HAVE A HISTORY OF DOING ANY KIND OF PROJECT LIKE THIS.
AND SO THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN, AND I AM CONCERNED THAT THE CITY IS GOING FORWARD WITH AN ENA, WITH A COMPANY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A REC, UH, REPUTATION OF DOING THIS TYPE OF PROJECT.
UM, I DID WANT TO MENTION, AS YOU, THE PERCENTAGE IS LOWER FOR ENVISION.
IT IS AT 15% WHERE OTHERS, THE HIGHEST THAT WE HAD WAS 28%, EVEN THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE FOR AFFORDABLE UNITS AT 28 PRODUCED 50 AFFORDABLE UNITS, UM, LOWER DIVISION AT A LOWER DENSITY ENVISION WILL BE PROVIDING 60 UNITS AT A MUCH HIGHER DENSITY AT A HIGHER DENSITY.
I JUST WANT TO, AND THEN TRANSPARENCY, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS VERY CLEAR, UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN, WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS, WE, WE, WE TALK ABOUT FAIRNESS.
AND SO IF DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, IN GOOD FAITH, UM, MAKE PROPOSALS TO THE CITY, UM, WE WOULD HOPE THAT THEY'RE ALL UNDER THE SAME
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GUIDELINES AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL PLAYING BY THE SAME RULES.AND SO I JUST HAVE CONCERNS THAT, THAT THIS PROPOSAL, UM, DID DIDN'T FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESSES OR WERE, WAS UNDER THE SAME RULES AS, AS THE OTHER THREE PROPOSALS.
THAT, THAT THAT'S A CONCERN OF MINE.
I THINK WE ALL WENT THROUGH THE OKAY.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF A DEVELOPER PROVIDE, UH, AN OLDEST PROPOSAL AND THIS IS THE PREMIUM, IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING.
AND THEN I THINK BASED ON THE ENVISION, THEY PROVIDE A HIGHEST, OKAY.
ALMOST $30 MILLION ON LED PROPERTY.
I THINK THAT WILL HELP US A LOT TO BUILD A FIRE STATION.
AND THEN THEY WILL HELP US REGARDING OKAY.
AND, UM, MOVE SOME OFF OF OUR, EVEN PAY FOR MOVING AN HOUR, UH, CITY YARD, UH, INCLUDING ALL, INCLUDING THIS $30 MILLION.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A POOR LUMINARY ENA.
SO BY THEY CAN BE, OR WHAT THEY CAN APPEAL, STILL HAVE CULTURAL TO SEE QUAL.
SO DO YOU HAVE A, TO THE ZONING? DO YOU HAVE GO TO EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW, YESTERDAY AND, AND THE GOVERNMENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COME OUT AND THE NUMBER RIGHT NOW, THE NEW HOME JOB ABOUT HOW MANY PERCENT, 20%, BECAUSE OF HIGH INTEREST RATE.
SO A LOT OF BEAUTY ALREADY AND KEEP UP WITH YOUR PROJECT.
ALL THE DEVELOPING WEST COVINA, WE CONTINUED TO BUILD A, WHAT ARE THEN THEY GET DISCOURAGED.
AND I THINK THIS IS ONE THING, OKAY.
ALSO CTE, WE IN CHARGE OF THE CITY BUDGET, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT CT HABIT IS OPPORTUNITY AND DON'T MISS OPPORTUNITY.
AND BY SOME OF THE ISSUE, BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S HAS TO GO TO THE C CORP ZONING AND THE PLANNING AND EVERYTHING.
AND THEN FINALLY THERE HAS TO COME TO THE CITY THEY'LL APPROVE.
AND THEN THEY THEN BEFORE THAT, THEY STILL HAVE TO GO TO THE OKAY.
AND A COMMUNITY OUTREACH TALKS TO THE PEOPLE WHILE THEY'RE LIVE.
SO THIS IS, UH, A LONG PROCESS, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE OUT THIS POSITIVE.
AND PLUS BASED ON THE STATE GUIDELINE, RENA RENA REQUIREMENT, WE HAVE TO, BY WHAT, 2007, WE HAD THE BILL 5,346 HOME.
HOW CAN WE BE A 5,000, 346 HOME? IF WE DON'T ALLOW BUILDER TO COME IN IN THE DOWNTOWN TO PEEL SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP US TO QUALIFY UNDER, BY THIS REQUEST FROM THE STATE.
AND, UH, THE, WE HAVE THIS HOUSING CRUNCH.
SO WE WANT TO KEEP ALL THE OPPORTUNITY, NOT THE LIMPY.
AND TO LET THE DEVELOPER COME TO OUR CITY, NOW WE WILL COME.
WE WILL COME DOWN AND TO ELLIS, TO, UH, TRY AND TO HAVE TO SPEND ALL THE MONEY, TO DO A DESIGN, TO DO EVERYTHING, AND THEN STILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY US.
SO I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO AT LEAST GIVE THEM A CHANCE REGARDING ENVISIONED PLAYGROUND.
THEY ARE BIG, BIG DEVELOPMENT BUILDING.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DIDN'T CHECK.
THE LEWIS STAIRS, THEY HAVE TO PAY THE MONEY FOR EVERYTHING DESIGN AND THE STILL HAVE TO SET IT FIVE BY THE CITY AND THE BUYER OR THE RESIDENT.
AND LET, LET, LET THE BALL ROLLING.
AND THEN REGARDING THE REQUIREMENT OF, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I THINK THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE GUIDELINES REGARDING THE SURPLUS LAND ACT.
SO WHY ARE WE SO WORRIED ABOUT AGAIN, AGAIN, WE KIND OF OPPORTUNITY.
WE GET A HIGH-SPEED STUDY, ALMOST $30 MILLION WITH THE ACRE LOT.
HOPEFULLY THEY CAN SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FOR US.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN NOT PASS.
UH, JUST, JUST IN, IN, IN RESPONSE, I THINK A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT COUNCILMAN WU BROUGHT UP, UH, I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS I HAVE THE CONCERN, RIGHT.
YOU, YOU HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN ENVISION THAT DOES NOT HAVE A HISTORY OF BUILDING THESE PROJECTS DURING A TIME WHERE THESE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BECOME MORE DIFFICULT TO BUILD.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TIME THAT GETS WASTED WHEN YOU GO WITH A DEVELOPER THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND HAS NOT DONE THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS BEFORE.
AND SO IT'S NOT ONLY A WASTE OF, UM, THE CITY'S TIME, BUT IT'S A WASTE OF IT AND OPPORTUNITY.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, ONE THAT, THAT, THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN OF MINE AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, DOING RESEARCH ON ENVISION.
YOU KNOW, THEY OWN 20 HOTELS THAT DOES NOT MEAN
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THEY'VE DEVELOPED A MAJOR, YOU KNOW, 300 UNIT PROPERTY WITH, WITH, UH, RETAIL AND, AND BUILT UP THE HOTEL.YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PURCHASING A HOTEL FOR OWNERSHIP IS DIFFERENT THAN GROUND UP BUILDING YOUR OWN HOTEL AND, UM, MARKING IT AS YOURS.
UH, AND SO, SO THAT, THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN.
I THINK THE, THE OTHER CONCERN THOUGH, IS, IS OUR PROCESSES, RIGHT? SO WE, WE, WE WENT AHEAD.
WE, WE, WE HAD, UH, THESE DEVELOPERS BID AND THEN THERE'S, THIS OUTSIDER COMES IN WITH A MUCH HIGHER DENSITY THAN, YOU KNOW, THE, THIS, THE CITY HAS OUTLINED.
UH, AND SO AGAIN, THAT THAT'S THAT'S RIGHT.
AND SO, UH, AGAIN, I THINK WHEN WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT A NUMBER AND SAYING, WELL, THEY, THEY, THEY OFFERED MORE MONEY.
AND SO THIS IS WHO WE'RE GOING TO GO.
NO, IT'S, YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T WASTE THE TIME.
AND I'M CONCERNED THAT THAT GOING WITH, WITH THIS COMPANY THAT, THAT DOESN'T HAVE, UH, THE REPUTATION FOR DOING THIS, UH, IS, IS A WASTE OF CITY RESOURCE.
I UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, CAPABILITIES AND DENSITY.
I THINK, UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THEN COUNCILMAN WU DID RENA, UH, THE STATE READING THE NUMBERS ARE CRITICAL.
I MEAN, AND AS I SEE IT, UM, IF ENVISION WANTS TO TAKE ON A RISK, UM, THAT'S THE FREE MARKET, I'LL BE OUT MTOR, THEY'VE GOT THE FINANCIAL BACKING.
UM, SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT.
YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE, THE RISKS THEY'RE TAKING.
UM, BUT, UM, I THINK, UM, THEY SEEM TO BE A VERY CAPABLE COMPANY THAT COULD FIGURE THINGS OUT.
UH, I THINK, UH, MAYOR, UH, THANK YOU.
UH, JUST, JUST THE LAST POINT IS, UH, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, W W WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YEAH, W WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEY'RE TAKING ON THIS RISK, UH, IF THE OTHER DEVELOPERS WERE UNDER THE, THIS THE SAME, THE SAME RULES, UH, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, THEY ALSO, YOU KNOW, WOULD HAVE TAKEN ON THIS RISK.
AND, UH, I, I FEEL THAT THE PROCESS WASN'T, WASN'T FAIR AND EQUITABLE AND, AND, AND THAT'S ANOTHER CONCERN OF MINE.
AND TO THAT POINT THROUGH, I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY, IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION OR THAT CONCERNED YOU? UH, NO.
WE, WE, WE COMPLY WITH A SURPLUS LANDS ACT.
WE BROUGHT IT TO COUNCIL EACH TIME IN CLOSED SESSION AND DISCUSSED IT NEGOTIATED IN GOOD FAITH.
IT DID INITIALLY START AT 25%.
WE COULD NOT REACH AN AGREEMENT.
AND I BELIEVE WE REPORTED OUT OR COUNCIL A COUNCIL TOOK ACTION.
MAYBE TWO MEETINGS AGO REPORTED OUT THAT WE WERE MOVING TO ENTER INTO AN ANA.
AND WE WOULD, AGENDIZE OUT IN THE FUTURE.
STATE LAW REQUIRES 15%, WHICH WE ARE, ARE COMPLYING WITH, WHICH IS 10 MORE UNITS THAN WHAT WE WOULD HAVE HAD UNDER THE 25%.
BUT NOTHING CONCERNS ME RIGHT NOW.
WE WILL SEND A REPORT TO HCD OUTLINING THESE NEGOTIATIONS AND LETTING THE COUNCIL KNOW WHERE WE ARE NOW.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WU, UH, QUICKLY.
I THINK WE WANT HOUSING, BUT WE WANT SERVICE.
AND, UH, SOME ENTERTAINMENT, SOME SERVERS.
SO, SO PEOPLE ARE LIVING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT LIVING THE JUNGLE OF HOUSING.
THEN THE, THE POINT IS THIS, WHEN YOU DO A OKAY.
CT PLANNING, YOU WANT TO SEE IT IT'S DOWNTOWN PLAN.
ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE A BUNCH OF, UH, UH, OKAY.
UH, RESIDENTIAL AND THE TOWNHOUSE CONDO, BUT WHERE THEY SHOP, WHERE THEY ENTER 10 WHERE'S THE RESTAURANT.
SO THE, SO THE IDEA IS TO WHAT WE THINK ARE THE BEAUTIFUL THING THAT CORNER, UH, CAN BE SOME ENTERTAINMENT THAT PEOPLE LIVE IN, IN CAMERA AND 57.
AND MAYBE EVEN BENSON HOME, NOT TOO FAR AWAY, ALL CAN BE THERE.
AND ESPECIALLY FROM THE HOSPITAL, THE EXPANSION IS HUGE.
SO THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER NURSES AND DOCTOR AND, UH, AND, UH, OKAY.
THE EMPLOYEE, THEY CAN JUST WALK OVER THERE AND THEY GO TO A RESTAURANT.
GO TO THE, MAYBE THEY HAVE A AFTER HOUR BOD, OKAY.
A CAFE, SOMETHING WE NEED ON THAT CORNER PROVIDE SERVICE.
THEY HAVE TO TRY TO SOME OTHER PLACES.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GIVE THIS PLAN THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE SOME ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE CT, FOR THE RESIDENT MOVING ALL THOSE NEW HOME.
AND THEY WEREN'T INTO MOVING WEST COVINA.
AT THE SAME TIME, THEY CAN JUST COME DOWN.
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THEY GO TO THE AREA AND ENJOYING THEIR WALK.AND THE SAME TIME PROVIDE SERVICE FOR THE, UH, THE HOSPITAL BY OVER THERE.
AND THEN THAT ENTIRE STREET ON SUNSET, THERE BASICALLY IS A LOT OF MEDICAL FACILITY IN CODY, INCLUDING VALLEY.
SO I THINK LEE IS A NECESSITY IN THAT AREA TO KIND OF FORCE THE BUILDER, TO BUILD SOME KIND OF SERVICE OKAY.
FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR THE AREA.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME OUT WITH ALL THESE TWO, 300 AT HOME.
THEY CAN JUST SHOP IN THEIR LOCAL AREA AND DON'T HAVE TO TRY.
I THINK THIS IS WHAT, AND TO STAY WHILE TO DO.
AND WE TRY TO DO THE BEST FOR PEOPLE TO STAY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SHOP THERE LOCALLY.
ANYWAY, I WANT TO MOVE, MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED AND I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF, IS A LOT OF TRAVELING NURSES.
AND SO IF WE HAVE THIS HOTEL THERE AND WE HAVE THIS GROWING HOSPITAL THAT'S BEING BUILT THERE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT FACILITY FOR THEM BECAUSE THAT'S GREAT.
THAT'S BECOMING VERY POPULAR WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF TRAVELING NURSES, THEY TRAVEL ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, WHEREVER THEY'RE NEEDED.
SO I THINK IT'S A POSITIVE THING I WANT TO ADD ON HOPE.
WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT TONY, WHY YOU ALWAYS EMPHASIZE THE HOTEL TO HOTEL, KIVA, TLT TAX, TRANSIT, OCCUPANCY TAX.
THAT IS 10 TO 15%, A HUNDRED PERCENT CITY KIPP ELLA MONEY, MEDIANS DOLLARS.
THE CITY CAN USE FOR A LOT OF PROGRAMS. AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE HOTEL CAN BRING A LOT OF, UH, OKAY.
ALL THE BUSINESS COMING IN, CREATE JOBS AND CREATE ATTRACTION.
AND THAT'S WHAT WEST COVINA NEED.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A NICE HOTEL.
WE HAVE A BUNCH OF A MOTEL, OR MAYBE SOME HOTEL AT THE NO SIDE BY IN THIS AREA.
SO HOPEFULLY WITH THIS EXPANSION OF A QUINZEL VALLEY, ALL THIS DATA NURSES AND TRAVELING, OKAY, THESE PHARMACISTS, THEY CAN HAVE A PLACE TO STAY LAST.
AND THE CITY OF HOPE THEY ARE PLANNING TO BUILD TWO OR THREE HOTEL NEXT TO THEIR HOSPITAL BECAUSE THE, THE HOTEL, THE PASSION, THE PATIENT OF IT, THEIR FAMILY, THEY NEED A PLACE TO STAY.
SO THIS SAME THING, THIS HAS HAVE A DEMAND OVER THERE.
WE WANT TO CREATE A DEMAND AND A BUNCH OF RESIDENTIAL, AND THEY HAVE A NO PLACE TO ENTER 10.
SO, SO THIS IS YOU HAVE TO SAY AND HAVE PICTURES AND FANTAIL AND CONNECT TO OUR DOWNTOWN, THIS ALL THE HOTTER DOWNTOWN PLANTS ABOUT.
SO ANYWAY, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK INTO IT AND LET WE'LL PROVIDE A SERVICE AND PROVIDE A LANDSCAPE FOR OUR CITY PROVIDE SERVICE.
SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING, A VERY GOOD PROJECT.
I'M GLAD THEY ARE WILLING TO SPEND, I DON'T KNOW, A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE CT.
AND THEN WE WILL CREATE A LOT OF A JOB, A LOT OF A FEE, A LOT OF INCOME TO THE CITY.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING.
WE NEED TO JUST BE BORED AND TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY.
CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU SECOND BY MAY APPROACH HIM DIA'S COUNCIL MEMBERS AT DUBAI.
BEFORE I JUST, JUST HAVE A COMMENT OR MAKING COMMENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WHAT, ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS WHEN WE WERE BRINGING UP IS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND IF YOU WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT NURSES AND, AND YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPE OF, UH, EMPLOYEES BEING ABLE TO LIVE IN THE CITY, THEN WE DO NEED TO PROVIDE MORE THAN 15% OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I THINK THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING IS WHEN WE MENTIONED PLACES LIKE CITY OF HOPE, OR WE MENTIONED PLACES LIKE CEDAR SINAI, THOSE ARE DESTINATION HOSPITALS, YOU KNOW, QUEEN OF THE VALLEY IS A RESIDENTIAL HOSPITAL.
AND SO MY CONCERN AND THE REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE A MAJOR HOTEL IS, YOU KNOW, IT DOES THE CITY HAVE THE CAPACITY OR ARE WE JUST BUILDING A PROJECT ROOM KEY? AND THAT'S THAT THAT'S REALLY ANOTHER, UH, MAJOR CONCERN OF MINE.
UH, AGAIN, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH A DEVELOPER THAT THAT HAS NO EXPERIENCE IN THIS.
COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ V AUTO, THEY APPROACHED HIM.
D IS I MAY OR CASTELLANO'S MOTION PASSES.
[4) HOUSING PRESERVATION PROGRAM– REVISIONS TO GUIDELINES FOR INCREASE IN MAXIMUM LOAN AMOUNT, ADDITION OF ELIGIBLE IMPROVMENTS, AND ELIMINATION OF INTEREST RATE ]
ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.PRESERVATION PROGRAM, UH, REVISIONS TO GUIDELINES FOR INCREASE IN MAXIMUM LOAN AMOUNT, ADDITION OF ELIGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS AND ELIMINATION OF INTEREST RATE COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.
UM, WHO WILL ANSWER MY QUESTIONS ON YOU WILL.
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SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM, I KNOW ORIGINALLY THE MAXIMUM LOAN WAS 10,000, UM, AND IT IS, UH, SO THE MAXIMUM NEW AMOUNT IS 25,000, CORRECT? YES MA'AM.AND THEN, UM, IT WILL BE BACK TO 0% INTEREST RATE FOR BOTH OF THE, UM, PROGRAMS, CORRECT.
ARE THIS ITEM RETURNS TO COUNCIL AT YOUR DIRECTION? YOU THOUGHT THE PREVIOUS LIMITS WERE TOO LOW.
YOU WANTED US TO AFFORD GREATER ACCESS BY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEKING YOUR RATIFICATION OF THESE NEW GUIDELINES.
IF YOU'VE GOT SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THEM, WE WOULD WELCOME THAT THIS EVENING AS WELL.
I MEAN, WITH COST OF INFLATION, AND THEN I'M READING A PORT THAT DOING PROJECTS TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE AIR CONDITIONING, THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS TO BE COMFORTABLE IN A HOME, UM, FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD IS NEEDED.
AND, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THIS, THEY TOOK OUT THIS LOAN, BUT OF COURSE THE COST WAS MUCH MORE THAN WHAT WAS GIVEN.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY TAKING AWAY THE HARDSHIP FROM THE RESIDENTS IS, IS VERY HELPFUL.
NOW I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND IS, UM, THE, HOW LONG, UH, IN REGARDS TO REPAYMENT.
SO THAT ONE, I'M GOING TO ASK COURSES AND CITY MANAGER TO GO INTO THOSE TERMS. VERIFICATION.
UM, SO THE LOAN, THE TERM OF THE LOAN REMAINS AT 30 YEARS, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, CURRENTLY IT'S 10,000 WITH A 5% INTEREST RATE.
UM, AND IT'S 10 YEARS THAT IS DEFERRED TO THERE'S NO INTEREST CHARGE, NO PAYMENT CHARGE THE FIRST 10 YEARS, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE INCREASING IT TO 25 AND THE PROPOSED NEW GUIDELINES, WE REDUCE THAT DEFERRAL PERIOD FROM 10 YEARS TO FIVE YEARS TO KEEP THAT, UM, MONTHLY PAYMENT WHEN THEY START REPAYING IT AFTER YEAR FIVE LOW.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW, UNDER THE CURRENT TERMS, IF THEY TAKE OUT A FULL LOAN OF 10,000, IT COMES OUT TO $66 A MONTH.
UM, THE NEW PROPOSED LOANS IT'LL GO UP TO 83 FOR THE 25,000, UM, OVER A REPAYMENT OF 25 YEARS.
WAIT, SO THEY'RE REPAYING OR, I MEAN, THE OLD PLAN, HOW IT WAS BEFORE WAS THAT ONCE THEY TOOK OUT THIS LOAN, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY UNTIL THEY SOLD THEIR HOME OR THEY REFINANCE.
SO IS THAT NO LONGER THE SITUATION I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT? NO, THAT'S FINE.
I, OVER THE YEARS, THE CITY'S HAD MULTIPLE HOUSING LOAN PROGRAMS. THE ONE THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO WAS THE H ILP OR THE HOUSING IMPROVEMENT LOAN PROGRAM, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE HPP, WHICH IS THE ONE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
SO THE H ILP PROGRAM, UM, WAS ALSO $10,000 LOAN AND THERE WAS NO REPAYMENT PROVISIONS ON IT, UNLESS AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS HOME WAS SOLD, THE HOMEOWNER PASSED AWAY.
THEY REFINANCED THE HOME, UM, A COUPLE OTHER TRIGGERS, BUT SO THE HPP WAS FOR DIFFERENT INCOME BRACKET.
AND THAT'S WHY THERE WAS A REPAYMENT PROVISIONS UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
SO WE CURRENTLY STILL HAVE THE IOP, THE HLP, NO, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T FUND THAT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, WE ONLY MAINTAIN EXISTING, UM, MONITOR EXISTING LOANS OR FORMER LOANS THAT WERE, UH, PROVIDED OUT TO HOMEOWNERS.
THIS IS JUST THE HPP AND THE LOAN PAYMENT IS 25 YEARS.
IT'S A 30 YEAR LOAN WITH A 25 YEAR PROPOSAL.
THE PROPOSED NEW GUIDELINES WILL BE 25 YEAR REPAYMENT PERIOD.
SO WHEN DO THEY START MAKING PAYMENTS AFTER YEAR FIVE.
AND THAT'S A 0% INTEREST RATE THOUGH, RIGHT? CORRECT.
I JUST WANTED THAT CLARIFICATION.
I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP SOME OF THE QUESTION.
AND HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE TO GIVE AWAY FOR THIS LONG.
SO, SO BASICALLY WE TALKING ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH ZERO INTEREST AND THE AFTER FIVE YEARS, THE STUDYING PAIN, THE ZERO INTEREST PAYBACK MONTHLY FOR 25 YEARS LONG.
SO ROUGHLY SOME 70, $80 A MONTH, ROUGHLY IT'LL BE AROUND $83 OUT HERE.
I CAN PULL $83 A MONTH AFTER FIVE YEARS FOR 25, 25 YEARS.
WE WERE PRINCIPLE ONLY WE DUCTION FOR THE PAYOFF IS $30,000.
SO THE QUESTION WILL BE SO OKAY, WHO IS, WHO CAN BE QUALIFY SO WHO CAN APPLY HOW TO APPLY? HOW CAN WE PROMOTE THIS? OKAY.
WHO IS QUALIFY AND HOW MUCH MONEY WE CAN GIVE UP THE 50 RESIDENT HUNDRED RESIDENT.
HOW MANY, SO THOSE QUESTION, I THINK, WHETHER THEY WANT TO KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT, A LOT OLD HOME.
IF WE HAVE A SO MANY OLD HOME AND THEN A LOT OF HOME DOESN'T HAVE AIR CONDITION, DOESN'T HAVE AN INSULATION, DOESN'T HAVE A DOUBLE PANEL WINDOW SO IMPOSSIBLE.
WE CAN USE THIS MONEY TO HELP THEM TO UPGRADE.
UPDATE DAILY LIVING STANDARDS.
SO, SO SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF FIXED INCOME SENIOR RESIDENT,
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THEY CAN USE THIS MONEY TO KIND OF HELP THEIR CURRENT DEVIANT SITUATION.SO CAN YOU ANSWER THOSE QUESTION, PLEASE? LET'S SEE IF I REMEMBER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, SO HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO FIRST QUESTION HOW MUCH WE CAN GIVE OUT THIS YEAR.
CURRENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE A LIMITATION.
CAN WE, LIKE, I REMEMBER EVERY YEARS WE HAVE A ACCUMULATE, CAN THEY BE ACCUMULATE FOR SO MANY YEAR OR WE ONLY HAVE A YEAR BY YEAR? UM, WE, WE HAVE, UM, ACCUMULATED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO WE HAVE A BALANCE OF 341,000 IN CDBG FUNDS AND WE HAVE 375 IN LOW MOD HOUSING FUNDS.
UM, WE DO HAVE DUE TO VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES, UM, AND THE, UM, TO QUALIFY THE HOMEOWNER HAS TO HAVE BEEN A HOMEOWNER IN WEST COVINA FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
SO IT'S BASED ON THE TWO FUNDING SOURCES THAT INCOME LEVELS VARY.
WE DON'T PUT THAT ON, ON THE BURDEN OF THE APPLICANT.
WE INTERNALLY SEE WHERE WE CAN QUALIFY THE, THE APPLICANT, THE HOMEOWNER, UM, AND THEN THERE'S A LIST OF ELIGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY CAN USE THE FUNDS FOR.
UM, PART OF THAT IS CDBG LIMITS THE TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE FUNDING CAN GO TOWARDS.
UM, AND SO WE DO THAT ON THE BACKEND AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE IS THE, UH, ELIGIBLE LIST OF IMPROVEMENTS TO INCLUDE AC ALINA.
LAST TIME I, AS KELLY, HE TOLD ME WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE HOME IMPROVEMENT ON THE, FOR CONSERVATION, FOR THE PROPERTY TO KIND OF, UH, WE CAN DO IT.
SO WHY YOU SAY WE DON'T HAVE A $350,000 KELLY'S OVER THERE.
AND SO, OH, SO EVERY YEAR WE DO THE CDBG ACTION PLAN AND THAT'S WHEN COUNCIL ALLOCATES THE CDBG FUNDS BECAUSE WE'VE CURRENTLY HAD A BALANCE OF 3 41.
KELLY, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP? BECAUSE I THINK I DONE THIS A NUMBER SIX OR SEVEN TIMES AND EVERY YEAR ASK YOU IS ABOUT HOME IMPROVEMENT, HOME IMPROVEMENT, RIGHT.
IT'S LIKE MY, MY BIG BYWAY ON CHASING SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BE USING THE PHONE TO IMPROVE THEIR, THEIR HOME.
PREVIOUS LAST YEAR YOU TOLD ME WE MAYBE HAVE A LOT OF, WE HAVE ABOUT MILLION DOLLARS.
WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE CDBG PROGRAM THAT WE ALLOCATED AMONGST PROGRAMS. THERE'S A $340,000 IN CDBG.
SO NOW THE QUESTION, IF WE DON'T USE IT, WE DON'T HAVE IT.
CAN WE ACCUMULATE MONEY FOR THE NEXT YEAR? SO FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR WE ONLY HAVE A TWO PEOPLE APPLY.
SO WE STILL HAVE MAYBE $200,000, CORRECT.
CAN WE ACCUMULATE THE MONEY FOR THE YEARS TO GO? WELL, W WE ROLLED OVER, ROLLED THE MONEY.
HE, UH, FORWARD THE UNEXPANDED THE UNEXPENDED BALANCE FROM LAST YEAR IS, UH, THE, THE FUNDING FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
SO YEAH, THE 3 41 IS, IS WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
SO IF WE DON'T USE IT, THIS MONEY WILL BE USED BY OTHER PROGRAM.
IF THAT POTENTIALLY WE PUT THAT IN THE ACTION PLAN AND THAT'S A COUNCIL DECISION, WHETHER OR NOT TO DO THAT, I'M KIND OF CONFUSED BECAUSE I DON'T THINK LAST YEAR, HOW MANY PEOPLE APPLY, HOW MANY PEOPLE USE THE CBG FUND, WE ONLY HAVE A $10,000.
SO HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY GOT THIS CD? OKAY, THIS, THIS PROGRAM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A LOAN.
SO IN THAT WAY, SO LAST YEAR, IF WE HAVE A $350,000, IF THIS MONEY CAN ACCUMULATE TO THIS YEAR, YES, WE HAVE BEEN ROLLING IT OVER AND ROLL OVER.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE BALANCE OF THE THREE 40.
IT'S BEEN A ROLLOVER OF SEVERAL YEARS, THAT UNUSED FUNDS.
PART OF THE REASON TOO, IS WE NORMALLY AVERAGE 10 TO 15 HOME LOANS A YEAR BETWEEN THE TWO FUNDING SOURCES.
UM, ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE GET BACK FROM RESIDENTS AS TO WHY DON'T THEY DON'T FOLLOW THROUGH AND OBTAINING A LOAN IS BECAUSE THE COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS EXCEEDS THE, THE 10,000 AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO COVER THE DIFFERENCE ELIGIBLE IMPROVEMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY ACCUMULATE ACCUMULATION IN TWO HOUR HOURS? CURRENTLY OUR FAN SOUND LIKE WE ONLY HAVE A $350,000 IS NO DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR.
AND HOW ABOUT PREVIOUS YEAR? DO THEY HAVE ANY LEVEL OF A FUND WE CAN ACCUMULATE SOUND LIKE, YES, THAT IS THE ACCUMULATION WHERE WE HAVEN'T APPROPRIATED ANY ADDITIONAL NEW MONEY.
THAT THAT'S A ROLLOVER BALANCE.
BASICALLY WE, RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE HOW MUCH MONEY WE CAN USE 300, 340 1000 PLUS 375,000 FROM LOW MUD HOUSING FUNDS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IN THE NEXT ACTION PLAN WITH, THROUGH CDBG, WE CAN, UM, ASK FOR RELOCATION OF MONEY TOWARDS, TOWARDS THAT PROGRAM.
AND IF WE ARE TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO,
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THAT WOULD BE ROUGHLY 13 LOANS IN CDBG AND 15 IN LOW MUD HOUSING FOR THIS YEAR.BECAUSE RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE.
I DON'T KNOW, THE 25,000 ALL THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE TO IMPROVE THE AIR CONDITION.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS, AS I WAS TRYING TO MENTION IS THAT, UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS IS THAT IT'S NOT ENOUGH FUNDING.
THE LOAN IS NOT ENOUGH TO COVER IMPROVEMENTS.
I THINK ACS, I THINK RANGE 15,000, 20,000 TO THE 25,000 WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO COVER THAT FOR, UM, THE HOMEOWNERS.
YEAH, BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT INCREASED WITH 30,000, BUT IF WE ONLY HAVE A 7,720 IS OLD AND IT'S NOT TOO MANY HOMEOWNERS CAN, CAN GET THIS AND THIS PROGRAM TO FIX THEIR HOME.
AND THEN ABOUT, YOU MENTIONED PROMOTION.
SO THE OTHER THING TOO, IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE DISCOVER.
THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING OUT IN SEPTEMBER.
WE HAVE THAT GUIDELINES IN THERE.
UM, IT'S ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DO SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
SO WE'LL SHARE IT WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE AWARE OF THE PROGRAM.
SO WHEN THEY GO TO HOMES THAT THEY, UM, AND THEY SEE THAT IT'S AN OPTION FOR THE HOMEOWNER, UM, CAUSE THIS CAN GO TOWARDS CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS SO YOU CAN HELP THEM TO MAYBE UPDATE THEIR HOME BECAUSE SOME OF THE HOMES ARE REALLY STRUGGLING.
SO MAYBE WE CAN USE THIS MONEY TO HELP THEM MAKE THE HOUSE DIVABLE OKAY.
AND, UH, SO, SO IN A WAY HOME, LAST QUESTION, HOW MANY, HOW MANY HOMEOWNER APPLIED THIS PROGRAM LAST YEAR, 2020 1, 21, 2020, 20, 20, 20 AND 2021.
DO YOU HAVE A WRECKER? I THINK IT'S 10 TO 15.
I CAN GET YOU THE EXACT NUMBER.
WE HAVE 10 TO 15 PEOPLE TO APPLY.
THAT'S OUR AVERAGE, EVERY YEAR BETWEEN CDBG AND LAMONT HOUSING TO LOAN FUNDING.
SO BASED ON CURRENT, IF WE WERE 25,000, OKAY.
SO FOR THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE NOW, 13 LOANS IN CDBG AND 15 LOW IN MUD, SO THAT WE HAVE FUNDING THROUGH CDBG FOR 13 LOANS AND FUNDING FOR 15 LOANS IN LOW MOD, UP TO 28 HOME.
SO WE CAN GIVE THE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE OR 28, BUT THEY HAVE A TWO PROGRAM.
WHY THE LOW INCOME IT'S D IT'S DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES.
SO THEY REQUIRED, THEY REFER TO DIFFERENT.
BUT IF THAT'S ON THE BURDEN OF STAFF, WE, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED AND GIVE US SOME GUIDELINE WHO CAN BE QUALIFIED.
SO THEY HAVE TO BE A HOMEOWNER IN WEST COVINA FOR AT LEAST 12 MONTHS.
THEY HAVE TO MEET THE INCOME GUIDELINES.
WHAT KIND OF INCOME GUIDELINE CAN ROUGHLY TELL US IT'S BASED ON THE HOUSEHOLD? I CAN PULL IT UP.
IT GIVES IT A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY WONDERING ABOUT WHO CAN BE QUALIFIED SO THEY CAN USE THIS FUNDING TO EXTEND HOME.
SO HERE'S THE MAXIMUM INCOME GUIDELINES FOR 2022.
SO A FAMILY OF FOUR, THEY CAN MAKE NO MORE THAN $95,395,000 A YEAR FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR OR YOUR FAMILY OR TWO, THEN YOU CUT DOWN THE INCOME.
LET'S DO A PRETTY DECENT INCOME.
SO MEANING QUITE A POSSIBLE, A LOT OF HOMEOWNER IN WEST COVINA, TICKER APPLIED THIS LOAN.
ARE WE GOING TO RESOLVE THIS FAULTS, MAYBE SENIOR OR LOW INCOME FOR PRIORITY TO APPLY WHILE DID SOME PEOPLE HAVE A GOOD INCOME? WELL, THEY HAVE TO BE INCOME-BASED SO THEY CANNOT EXCEED.
THEY CAN, THEY CANNOT QUALIFY FOR THE LOAN IF THEY EXCEED THESE INCOME LEVELS.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT CAN WE KIND OF HELP TO PEOPLE REALLY NEED LIKE A SENIOR OR LOW-INCOME PEOPLE? CAN WE, CAN WE DO THAT NOW? NO, WE CAN NOT DO IT.
SO THIS, THE INTENT OF THE SKULL OR THE PROGRAM IS SO LET THE SENIORS TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SENIORS.
WE DO GET A LOT OF SENIOR CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT APPLY AND QUALIFY FOR THE LOAN BECAUSE AT $19,000 OR $76,000, IT'S SOUND LIKE QUITE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN WEST COVINA, LIKE QUALIFYING THIS, BUT HOW ABOUT THE SENIOR AND THE LOW INCOME, THEY JUST HAVE TO, THAT DOES THE AGE DOESN'T MATTER.
SO IT COULD BE SENIORS THAT CAN QUALIFY, COULD BE HOW FAMILIES.
I, YOU, MY TIME, IF SOME OTHER PEOPLE TO ASK, UM, KELLY, WOULD YOU MIND STAYING UP HERE, PLEASE? GIVE ME A MOMENT.
JUST A QUESTION ABOUT IF WE EXHAUST THE FUNDS COMPLETELY THIS YEAR, DOES THAT PUT US IN A BETTER POSITION TO ASK THE FEDS FOR MORE FOR THE NEXT CYCLE OR NOT NECESSARILY? NO.
NO, IT'S JUST ALL, IT'S ALL A CENSUS BASED CENSUS BASIS.
YOU MENTIONED LAST TIME FROM THE, FROM THE REGULAR CENSUS, RIGHT? UH, PREVIOUS YES.
W WHAT WAS, WELL, THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY.
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OKAY.IT'S A, IT'S AN ANNUAL ANNUAL CENSUS COUNTS.
UH, JUST, JUST IN TERMS OF OUTREACH.
UH, I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT HEALTH FAIR IN OCTOBER, UH, THAT A LOT OF LOW-INCOME PEOPLE OF NEED WILL BE ATTENDING THAT.
I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO HAVE A BOOTH WHERE WE ARE REALLY PROMOTING THIS PROGRAM.
UH, SO THAT WAY, UM, PEOPLE CAN, CAN SEE THAT IT'S THERE AND IT'S GOING TO BE A, REALLY, A LOT OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WOULD MEET THE CRITERIA.
UH, AND SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO OUTREACH IF WE CAN DO THAT.
AND WAITING QUICK, CAN WE PUT SOME GUIDELINES FOR PRIORITY FOR SENIOR OR LOW-INCOME? CAN WE CAN, BECAUSE A $90,000 OR 76,000 FOR TWO PERSON IS STILL, THEY HAVE INCOME, AN AVERAGE AIRWAY COUNTY, A HOUSEHOLD.
SO MY POINT IS WE WANT TO KEEP TO THIS FOUNDING ZERO INTEREST TO PEOPLE REALLY NEED, OKAY.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, SENIOR, OR LOW-INCOME YOU WANT TO LOWER THE CEILING AND WE LOWER THE CEILING FOR PEOPLE.
THEY LIKE SENIOR THERE, THEY ARE BASICALLY BASE ON THERE.
WE TIMED THEM, FOUND THE SOCIAL SECURITY.
AND ONE OF THEM, PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE A INCOME THEY SHOULD JUST PAY.
AND, UH, SO LET'S, THAT'S MY CONCERN BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE A 1 28 SLOT.
SO THESE ARE THE MAXIMUM INCOME LIMITS THAT A HOUSEHOLD CAN MAKE.
BUT, BUT MY POINT IS SOMEBODY IS LIKE $90,000 THEY QUALIFIED TO, TO APPLY.
SO, SO, SO, BUT THE PERSON MUCH LOW INCOME, MAYBE THEY MISSED THE BOAT.
I THINK WHAT, UM, COUNCILMAN RU, UH, IS TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE, UH, BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN THEY OFFERED THIS WITH, UH, H I O P THEY HAD TWO PROGRAMS, ONE PROGRAM WAS FOR LOW INCOME.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS FOR MODERATE INCOME, WHICH IS, UH, THIS AMOUNT AND THEN THE LOW INCOME.
BUT OF COURSE THEY HAD TWO SEPARATE, UH, TWO SEPARATE REGULATIONS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO IN REFERENCE TO THAT, THOSE WHO ARE REALLY DIRE AT NEED, UH, THEY, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY QUALIFY AND THEY GET THEIR ITEMS, BUT WE, IF IT'S, OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY'RE MODERATE, UM, OF COURSE THE EDUCATION, UH, HOW THE PROCESS TO GO THROUGH ALL, THIS IS A BIG DIFFERENCE AS WELL.
BUT I JUST, IN, IN REFERENCE TO THAT OF LIKE TO BASE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HIT HIGH APPLICATIONS OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR INCOME LEVEL IS.
YOU MEAN, UH, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, HAD AUTO ROJAS.
I COORDINATE THE PROGRAM, UM, AT THE MOMENT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE, UM, WHERE, WHERE WE HAVE, UM, SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OR THAT WE NEED TO SEPARATE IT, UM, JUST BY THE SHEER NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING.
UM, I COULD HONESTLY TELL YOU THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE RIGHT NOW.
THE REASON YOU DON'T HAVE THE ISSUE, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WE HAVE LED PROGRAMS BECAUSE I TALKED TO A LOT OF SENIOR.
THEY DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM, WE NEED TO HELP THEM TO APPLY.
SO, SO LET'S THE ISSUE OF, FOR PEOPLE IT'D BE MORE SAVVY, THEY MAYBE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM FOR $25,000, ZERO INTEREST.
AND, UH, SO TO MY POINT, OKAY, THERE'S MUCH CHEAPER THAN GO TO YOUR CREDIT CARD OR YOUR LAO CREDIT.
SO, SO, SO BASED ON LEAD, WHY NOT TAKE THE ZERO ZERO INTEREST.
AND, UH, BUT THIS IS, I DON'T THINK THIS IS HOW THIS PROGRAM WANTS TO GET TO THOSE QUALIFIED PEOPLE WHILE THEN TO PEOPLE, OKAY.
TO THE PEOPLE REALLY NEED, AS I HONESTLY THINK WITH LOWERING THE INTEREST RATE AND INCREASING THE MAXIMUM INCOME LIMITS, THAT'S REALLY GOING TO INCREASE OUR APPLICATIONS.
UM, THAT'S GOING TO, AND THE PROMOTION TO THE SENIOR, YOU GOT TO HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS STILL LIVE IN THEIR HOME.
PEOPLE THAT THEY LOSE THEIR JOB.
THEY NEED SOME, AND INTO BIG STATE OF HOME CHANGES.
UM, AND SO WE CAN, WE CAN CHANGE OR NO, THE PROPOSED CHANGES, LOWERING IT TO 0% AND INCREASING THE 25,000, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO VASTLY.
UH, SO THE HIGHER THE AMOUNTS ARE, SO THESE ARE THE DOLLARS AND THE LOWER, THE INCOME.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SAYING I'M KIND OF LOWERING THE INTEREST RATE AND INCREASING THE MAXIMUM WHEN I WAS ON THE ZERO INTERESTS.
NOT RIGHT NOW, IT'S A 5%, NO, WE GOING TO CHANGE INTO ZERO INTEREST.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE TO ZERO INTEREST.
AND THEN ON 10,000, WE'RE GOING TO RAISE TO 25,000.
THAT IS, I'M THINKING ABOUT 25,000.
YOU STILL CANNOT DO TOO MANY OF
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A CONSTRUCTION.SO THESE ALL IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT AGAIN, YOU KIND OF SQUEEZE UP.
PEOPLE CAN USE THE MONEY, BUT AGAIN, I REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM TO KEEP PEOPLE WITH $90,000 INCOME.
SO AS A SUGGESTION, SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE MAYBE LOWER ALL THOSE FIGURES, MAYBE FIVE OR 10,000 ACROSS THE BOARD? CAN I MAKE ONE COMMENT? YES.
SO AS, UM, COUNCILMAN LOPEZ, FIATO MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE, THE H IOP PROGRAM.
SO THAT WAS TARGETED FOR LOW-INCOME AND THAT'S WHY THERE WAS NO REPAYMENT PROVISIONS.
THERE ARE PRE PAYMENT PROVISIONS BECAUSE THIS IS FOR THE MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL.
UM, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT SOMEONE OF LOWER INCOME CAN'T QUALIFY FOR THIS, IT'S THE MAXIMUM, RIGHT? SO ANYONE UP TO THAT, ANYONE BELOW THAT QUALIFIES, AND WE DO GET A LOT OF, UM, SENIORS THAT DO APPLY.
WE GET A LOT OF, UM, INDIVIDUALS ON FIXED INCOME.
WE GET, UM, UM, I THINK RIGHT NOW THE ISSUE IN GETTING APPLICATIONS IS THE $10,000 LIMIT ON THE LOANS AND THE ELIGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS WHERE A LOT OF THEM WANT AN EIGHT, 10 STYLE AC UNITS IN THEIR HOME, WHICH IS WAY ABOVE THE 10,000.
AND SO I THINK THOSE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE GOING TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE INDIVIDUALS THAT APPLY FOR THE LOAN.
AS, UH, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, MENTIONED, UH, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE APPLICANTS ARE SENIORS AND LOWER INCOME.
I SAID, ALONE, AS LONG AS WE CAN GIVE THIS TO THE PEOPLE IN NEED AND TO HELP THEM TO $25,000 TO MAYBE PUT THE AIR CONDITION OR CHANGE THE WINDOW DOUBLE PANEL, BECAUSE IT'S MOST OF THE HORNS, A SMALL THAT 1200 SQUARE FEET HOME MUZZLE HOME IN THE MIDDLE AND NO SIGN OF POVERTY.
AND SO THE HOME HAS NO INSULATION.
2, 3, 5, AND THERE IS NO INSTALLATION.
IT SEEMED GOLD PANEL WHEN I MOVE IN AND THEN NO AIR CONDITION.
AND SO THEY HAVE A SWIMMING POOL RIGHT.
SO I'LL KIND OF TRACK ME INTO, BECAUSE I HAVE A POOL.
UH, JUST, JUST REGARDING THE MODERATE INCOME.
UH, IT, I MEAN, FOR, FOR THE, UH, NEW HOMEOWNER COULD, IS NOT GOING TO BE IN THAT INCOME LEVEL.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUY A NEW HOME IN WEST COVINA, A HOME BUILT IN 1954, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO COST YOU, UH, ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS.
YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT MAKING $95,000 A YEAR.
SO THESE ARE OLDER HOMEOWNERS.
WHO'VE BEEN IN THE HOMES FOR A VERY LONG TIME, UM, WHO ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO APPLY THAT THIS ISN'T GOING TO GO TO THE, THE NEW NEW PROFESSIONALS OR NEW THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO, UH, I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THE, THE INCOME LEVEL THERE, UM, RE I MEAN, IT, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR, LIKE I SAID, A MORE RECENT HOMEOWNER IN WEST COVINA, UH, TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE INCOME LIMITS.
AND I THINK IF WE DO WANT PEOPLE TO APPLY, AND IF WE ARE TARGETING SENIORS, IT, I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THAT IS, UM, THAT IS PROBABLY RIGHT ON, UH, FOR, FOR THOSE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, 95,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR, UH, I'LL TELL YOU, I HAVE A, I HAVE A FAMILY OF FOUR, AND IT'S, IT'S TOUGH AS A NEW HOMEOWNER IN WEST COVINA.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL WOMAN LOPEZ VEHICLE.
SO THE REQUIREMENT OF 12 MONTHS, HAS THAT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE SINCE IT WAS A REINSTATED IN 2014 PRIOR TO THAT? WAS IT? I BELIEVE SO, YES.
I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE 24 MONTHS.
THEY HAD TO BE A RESIDENT BEING THERE FOR TWO YEARS.
UM, NOW IS THERE ALSO REQUIREMENT BECAUSE I THINK PRIOR IT'S LIKE, YOU CAN'T JUST USE THE MONEY AND FLIP IT, FLIP THE HOME THAT YOU HAVE TO STAY THERE AT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THAT RESTRICTION ON THE HOME.
AND THEN, UM, FOR ONCE PAYMENT STARTS TO HAPPEN AND FOR, YOU KNOW, FIXED INCOME OR LOSS OF JOB, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY CAN'T MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS? WELL, UM, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THESE LOANS MOVING FORWARD IS THAT YEAR FIVE, THEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO OUR LOAN SERVICING CONSULTANT.
AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HANDLE THE MONTHLY REPAYMENTS.
AND IF THERE'S A DEFAULT ON PAYMENT, THEY DO PURSUE, UM, UH, DEBT COLLECTION WITH THE HOMEOWNER.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THE BURDEN ON THEM.
I MEAN, IF IT'S JUST, UH, SO, SO IT WAS JUST PRETTY MUCH PUT A LIEN ON THAT PROPERTY ASSOCIATED, PUT IT BOTH TRUST, AND WE DO HAVE THEM SIGN A HERE.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY CONTINUE WITH THE INTERESTS
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UNTIL THERE'S NO INTEREST ON THE NEW PROPOSED GUIDELINES.WELL, I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING, MAYBE BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD, IF I COULD SUGGEST WE TAKE $10,000 OFF EACH ONE OF THOSE NUMBERS, OTHER SLIDES, PLEASE, RIGHT THERE.
SO, UM, MAYBE LOWER EACH ONE OF THOSE EIGHT FIGURES BY 10,000.
IS THAT, THAT, UM, THE DIRECTION YOU GUYS WERE THINKING, UH, CAN I HAVE THE ATTORNEY JUMPING ON THAT? I DON'T KNOW, TOM, BECAUSE THE, THE FUNDS THAT WE USE SPECIFICALLY REFERENCE THE TYPE, THE, THE LEVEL OF INCOME THAT WE HAVE TO REFERENCE.
AND SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REDUCE IT, UM, ON A CITY LEVEL, W IF THIS IS THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, WE'LL LOOK AT IT.
BUT IF THERE'S SOME REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES AND COME ALONG WITH THE MONEY, WHEN TYPICALLY THERE ARE, THEN WE WON'T BE ABLE TO MOVE IT PER COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT SO WE CAN PUT SUBJECT TO, OKAY.
THE INCOME LEVELS IS MUCH MORE FEASIBLE.
WE HAVE HOW MANY HOMES, WE HAVE A HUNDRED, 1,000 20,000 POPULATION.
WE HAVE A LOT, A LOT OLD HOME AND, UH, AND THE JUST FOUR 20 HOME, AND IT'S ONLY 20 SLOT.
SO, SO IN THAT WAY, WE HOPEFULLY CAN LET PEOPLE IN NEED AND TO HAVE IT ANY ENCOURAGING TO APPLY.
SO 10,000 LESS, IF ALLOWABLE BY LAW.
CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? UM, BECAUSE WE REFER TO THESE INCOME LEVELS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO UPDATE WHAT WE REFER TO, INSTEAD OF SAYING 10,000, AND WE LOWER IT FROM MODERATE INCOME TO LOW INCOME, AND WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
YEAH, I DISAGREE BECAUSE, UH, YOU, YOU GO TO LA COUNTY HOUSEHOLD AVERAGE IS $72,000.
AND THEN IF YOU GO TO LA
THIS CHECK ABOUT DESIGNING THE DATE INFORMATION.
SO AVERAGE INCOME AIRWAY COUNTY HOUSEHOLD INCOME, OKAY.
SO MEANING, BUT POVERTY LEVELS SHOULD BE BELOW THE $72,000.
AND NOW THIS IS 90, 90, SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS.
WE GET THESE FIGURES FROM LA COUNTY, AND THESE ARE THE MEDIUM INCOME LIMIT.
NO, I, I REMEMBER IT'S EIGHT 70, OUR COUNTY IN 72 AND, UH, APPOINT AND BOWEN PARK IS 65.
AND WINDS COBY HAS 82, AND I GET IT FROM THE CENSUS.
WE DON'T GET IT FROM THE CENSUS.
WE GET IT FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
UM, AND IT'S THE MEDIAN INCOME FOR THE AREA, TIA TO ARGUE WITH YOU SAY, CAN WE REDUCE THE $10,000 OR NOT? OKAY.
NOW WE SUBJECT TO, OR CAN WE DO THAT? SO MAKE YOUR MOTION, GIVE YOUR DIRECTION.
WE WILL FOLLOW UP SUBJECT TO, OR AS ALLOWED AS PERMITTED BY LAW.
NOW, YOUR CASIANOS A MOTION A SECOND VERSUS SECOND.
ANY MORE COMMENTS? CAN WE JUST, UH, TEST THIS OUT? BECAUSE IF WE'RE ONLY GETTING 10 TO 15 APPLICATIONS, UH, PER YEAR, WE'RE GETTING ONE, WE'RE GETTING A SMALL AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS, UH, TO, I KNOW WE KNOW THE REASONS WHY A LOT OF THEM DIDN'T APPLY BECAUSE THE COST, WELL, NOT ONLY THAT THEY'RE, I MEAN, THEY WANT TO APPLY, BUT BECAUSE IT MEET BEFORE IT WAS $10,000.
SO IF THEIR AC WAS $15,000, THEN THEY SAID, FORGET IT.
I'M NOT GONNA APPLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT EXTRA $5,000 DESPAIR.
BUT NOW THAT IT'S UP, THEY CAN MAKE THEIR MODIFICATIONS DONE.
SO IN THIS CASE, NOW THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND APPLY, BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE LOW INCOME, THEY CAN'T COVER THOSE COSTS 'CAUSE THEY CAN DO IT.
AND SO MORE PEOPLE WILL APPLY.
SO WE NEED TO RESTRICT TO GET THE LOW-INCOME PEOPLE, TO HAVE A CHANCE AND TO UPGRADE THEIR HOME LESS THE POINT, BECAUSE IF MORE PEOPLE, SINCE WE INCREASED FROM 10,000 TO 25,000, MAYBE EVEN 30,000, SO THAT REALLY CAN IMPROVE THEIR HOME.
SO THE POINT IS IN THAT WAY, MORE PEOPLE TO APPLY.
SO IN THAT WAY, WE WANT TO MAYBE USING THE MONEY FOR THE PEOPLE REALLY NEED.
AGAIN, AGAIN, I DO UNDERSTAND, AND I'D LIKE TO TEST IT OUT WITHIN A YEAR, BECAUSE THOSE WHO ARE MIDDLE INCOME, ESPECIALLY WITH FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, IT IS STILL DIFFICULT.
AND IF YOU NEED THESE REQUIREMENTS OF CENTRAL AC WATER HEATER, YOU KNOW, THINGS EIGHT, ESPECIALLY THIS AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY, THE ADA ASSESSABILITY, AND THEY, THEY'RE NOT QUALIFIED FOR LOW INCOME BECAUSE THEY, SOME OF THE, UM, LOW INCOME THEY'RE TECHNICALLY NOT MIDDLE-INCOME, THEY'RE JUST WENT OVER.
LIKE, I WOULD HATE TO SEE SOMEBODY WHO'S LOW INCOME THAT LOWERED AND THEY'RE OVER LIKE $2,000.
I KNOW, BUT WE HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND,
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SO WE CAN VOTE.MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE TO IN OUR BOAT.
SO, SO, SO LET'S, LET'S GIVE A TRY.
THIS IS SUBJECT TO SUBJECT TO, CAN WE DO IT POSSIBLE? WE CANNOT DO IT.
WE, WE HOPE OKAY FOR THE PEOPLE WITH THE KNEE.
WE CAN USE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO IMPROVE.
IT'S NOT TRYING TO RESTRICT THE PEOPLE WE'RE TRYING TO USE.
HOPEFULLY PEOPLE REALLY USED IS, AND THEY DON'T HAVE A CHANCE BEFORE AND THEY CAN DO IT.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND NINE, 96,000, YOU POSSIBLE, YOU CAN USE SOME OF THE OTHER WAY TO GET THIS THING DONE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOME, THEY DON'T.
SO ANYWAY, WE HAVE PHYSICIANS.
UM, YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE A FEW MORE COMMENTS, BUT TO YOUR POINT, I GET YOUR POINT.
AND I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YOU WANT TO JUST TEST IT, TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
I ALSO THINK MAYBE, UM, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE STAFF RESEARCH SAYS.
MAYBE, MAYBE IT WILL HAVE TO STAY AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE IT A CHANCE.
AND WE'VE, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A COMMENT THAT YOU ALSO HAVE A CONTINENT MAYOR PRO TEM.
SO MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO IN THE, IN THE, UM, UH, THE PROCESS, THE, UH, SCREENING PROCESS THAT WE CAN MAYBE GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE LESS INCOME.
I MEAN, IS THERE, IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? I MEAN, WELL, MAYBE WE WOULD GIVE IT TO THE SENIORS ONLY.
IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? OH, WE CAN.
THAT'S WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE SCREENING PROCESS? UM, COUNCILMAN TABASCO.
UH, FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO SAY, UH, HOW ENJOYABLE IT IS TO HAVE, UH, A MOTION A SECOND AND THEN DEBATE.
UH, SO I'M REALLY ENJOYING THIS PROCESS.
I THINK THE PUBLIC, YEAH, WE ENJOYING A BETTER, UH, I WANT TO, UM, PIGGYBACK ON WHAT, UH, WOMAN, UH, LOPEZ V AUTO SAID.
UH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A GREAT POINT.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA ON, UM, WHAT THE NEW PROGRAM, RIGHT.
WHO, WHO WILL APPLY AT THE 25,000 AND, UH, AND AGAIN, THE, THE, THE MODERATE INCOME, UM, YOU KNOW, TH THE POINTS BEING MADE HERE IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THESE, THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT ARE PICKED OUT THAT ARE STUDIED.
UH, I THINK ONE ISSUE I DO HAVE WITH THE LOWERING AT 10,000, IT'S IT, IT SEEMS LIKE ARBITRARILY, LIKE THAT'S RIGHT.
AND SO I THINK TO, TO GO WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE SET UP HERE, THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, SEEING WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE YEAR TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO APPLY.
WHO, WHO, WHO ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS? IS IT THE POPULATION OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE INTENDING FOR IT TO HELP? UH, I THINK THEN WE CAN REVISIT THE PROGRAM AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A PROGRAM THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T REALLY INTENDED TO, OR, OR MAYBE IT WILL BE, UH, THE FAMILIES THAT WE'RE HOPING TO HELP.
SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THE, UH, COUNCIL WOMAN DIDN'T MAKE A MOTION, BUT I I'M, I'M JUST IN AGREEMENT, UH, WITH HER, I GUESS WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THEIR VOTE ON THEIR TO ACTUALLY CHANGE AND ADD SOMETHING TO THIS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE, UM, I DON'T WANT TO SEE PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND FLIP IT.
SO IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN STATE, IF THEY DO GET THIS AND THEY END UP SELLING IT WITHIN THREE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THREE YEARS, UH, THEN YOU CAN INTEREST SUPPLIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT, UH, IF THERE IS LIKE, LIKE A PENALTY, AND I KNOW THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT OF A PENALTY BECAUSE IT IS GEARED FOR THAT, OR FOR THOSE WHO HAVE AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS, BECAUSE THEY SHOW CONSISTENCE OF TRYING TO STAY IN OUR CITY AND NOT JUST FLIP THIS HOME.
SO I, MINIMUM OF STAYING AND A MINIMUM OF NOT HAVING TO SELL IT AND USING OUR PROGRAM FOR THAT.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THOUGH, I'D LIKE TO MOTION, IF THAT IS UPON THE BOOK, I THINK ATTORNEY, YOU HAVE TO CHECK INTO IT.
THEY CANNOT EVEN AGREE ABOUT LOWER INCOME, NEVERTHELESS, ABOUT RESTRICTION ABOUT FLIPPING THIS ONLINE.
SO, SO, YEAH, AND I THINK THAT THE MAIN POINT THAT'S BEING MADE BY ALL OF US HERE IS WE WANT TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLE IN NEED WHO NEED IT.
AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF THROWING IDEAS AROUND ABOUT WHAT'S LEGAL ABOUT THAT DIRECTION AND, UM, AND HOW TO BEST ACHIEVE THAT.
SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION A SECOND.
WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR CUST ALONA.
NO, NO, I THINK YOU NEED TO, TO WHAT MOTION PEOPLE.
AFTER ALL THE ARGUMENT, I JUST SAID, I HAVE A MOTION.
THE INCOME LEVEL TO $10,000 EACH SUBJECT TO SUBJECT TO THE OKAY THING.
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ADD, OKAY, WE GOT HIM.NO, FLIPPING THIS ON, LET THE OLDEST NO ABUSE.
WHY SHOULD WE PUT IT IN? SO I, THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IS TO LOWER THE INCOME BY $10,000 SUBJECTS BY LAW.
THAT IS THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE BY MAYOR CASTELLANOS AND SECOND, AND BY ME, AND BY COUNCILMAN WO, IF THE MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE HIS MOTION OKAY.
WITH AMENDING IT, I THINK THAT THE, THE SPIRIT OF IT ALL IS TO DO THE BEST THING POSSIBLE.
SO I'M TOTALLY OKAY WITH THAT.
I'LL AMEND IT TO INCLUDE WHAT COUNCIL, WOMAN LOPEZ V AUTO STATED.
WELL, IS IT BECAUSE, I MEAN, THE LOWERING OF THE PAYMENT, I STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY WITH FAMILY AND KIDS, BUT I DO ON MY EMOTION, I GUESS, TO THAT NOTICE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, OR OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER TO, BY I'M GOING TO VOTE.
NO, COUNCILMAN WU COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.
THEY ARE CUSTOM LLANOS MOTION PASSES 32.
[5) CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THIRD AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TRANSTECH FOR CITY ENGINEERING SERVICES ]
US TO NUMBER FIVE.SO MY QUESTION IS, MY QUESTION IS WE HAD A CAP OF $700,000.
AND NOW WITH THIS NEW, UM, IF WE AMENDED AND REMOVE THE COMPENSATION LIMIT, IS THERE A CAP FOR THAT? NO.
THROUGH THE CHAIR, THIS IS, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING CONTRACT WITH TRANS TECH ENGINEERING, WHO, IF I MAY SAY IS DOING A REALLY REMARKABLE JOB FOR THE CITY.
THE CAPS, THE CONTROLS THAT WOULD REMAIN IN PLACE WOULD BE BUDGETARY, BUT WE FOUND IS WITH THIS REALLY BIG RISE IN THE NUMBER OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT THE INITIAL AMOUNTS THAT WERE CONTEMPLATED IN THAT FIRST AGREEMENT REALLY ARE WAY TOO LOW, RIGHT? SO THIS IS REALLY DRIVEN BY THE NUMBER OF ENGINEERING PLAN CHECKS, THE INSPECTIONS AND THE, AND THE PERMIT ISSUANCES.
AND THOSE ARE WAY UP IN THE SINGLE YEAR.
IT JUMPED FROM 4 71 TO OVER 882.
AND IT'S FUNDED, UM, FROM A VARIETY OF PLACES, INCLUDING, UM, PROP C GAS TAX STREET, MAINTENANCE FUND MAINTENANCE AND OTHER FUNDS.
AND SO WE THINK IT MAKES SENSE AS THIS CONTRACT GETS CONSIDERED FOR EXTENSION THAT WE AMEND IT TO DO AWAY WITH THE CABS.
BUT AGAIN, TO LEAVE THOSE BUDGETARY CONTROLS AS PART OF THE POLICY DOCUMENT, WHICH IS THE ANNUAL BUDGET.
UH, AND, UH, ON THIS, THIS IS ENGINEERING WAY, SO THIS IS NOT BEAUTY AND SAFETY.
LAST TIME WE DID A BEAUTY AND SAFETY.
HOW MUCH WE PAY, UH, FOR THE PHYSICAL YEARS, 20, 21 TO 2022.
AND THEN ALL THOSE MONEY PAID BY MY HOME IS TO FUND GENERAL FUND OR THIS FUND A RESTRICTED FUND.
AND SO WE WANT TO KNOW, OKAY, WHAT IS MONEY COMING FROM? AND THEN HOW WE CAN CONTINUE.
MAYBE THEY CAN FIND TO DEF CONFINED GRAND FOR US, UH, IS THAT, CAN YOU GIVE ME MORE DETAIL REGARDING ALL THESE FUNCTION? UH, THE ENGINEERING AND THE CIP SERVICES ARE PAID FROM A VARIETY OF FUNDS.
ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE SPECIAL FUNDS.
SO AS WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN GARNERING GRANTS, LIKE WE'VE GOT OUR FINGERS CROSSED NOW ON A $7 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT OR THE STATE GRANTS AND AID THAT WE'VE BEEN SECURING ALONG THE WAY.
UM, THOSE COME WITH A FUNDING SOURCE THAT ENABLE US TO PAY FOR THESE ENGINEERING SERVICES.
THE MAJORITY ARE RESTRICTED FUNDS.
SO THE FUNDING, ALL THIS FUNDING WAS TRADED, FOUND SPECIAL FUND WHO, WHO FIND ALL THIS FUNDING FOR US IS A TRANSTECH FINDING FOR US, OR WE CT.
UH, WE OWN THIS AND THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE THINK OF THIS AS A PARTNERSHIP AND I HAVE TO GIVE THE CREDIT TO OUR PARTNER THAT THEY REALLY GOT A GRANT WRITER.
THAT'S BEEN DOING A REMARKABLE JOB OR THE PROJECTS FOR THE HAZARD SAFETY ELIMINATION PROGRAM, ET CETERA.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN WRITING THOSE GRANTS, IDENTIFYING THEM AND SECURING THEM.
SO THEY'RE THERE DOING THE LION'S SHARE OF THE WORK.
BASED ON LAST TIME, THE PRESENTATION
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CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, WE SEE TOO MANY AND SOME SQUARE FOOTAGE OF A REPAYMENT OF OUR STREET BECAUSE THERE'S A MAJOR INCREASE.SO THIS IS COMING FROM THE ENGINEERING TO FINDING OTHER FUNDING FOR.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN REPAY THE STREET MAKING NICE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, CONTINUED TO DO IT.
UM, THE TOTAL CAPITAL PROJECT LIST, AND WE MEET LITERALLY EVERY OTHER WEEK AND GO OVER ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND IT'S MULTIPLE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS NOW, NORTH OF $90 MILLION, UM, PRIMARILY, UM, RESTRICTED FUNDS.
SO BASICALLY WE TRIED TO APPROVE TO NY IS DUE TO, WE HAVE A SOUL, MANY HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND A, SOME OLD FANCY DISSOLVE ON OUR TRANS STATE, OUR CONTRACT, UH, ENGINEERING TO FIND OTIS, UH, FUNDING.
AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR CITY.
SO BASICALLY NONE OF THIS FUNDER GENERAL FUND, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY IS RESTRICTED FUNDS.
SO THEY HAVE SOME STEEL, THERE ARE SOME GENERAL FUND MONIES INCLUDED HERE, BUT, BUT, BUT THE, THE LION'S SHARE IS, IS RESTRICTED FUNDS.
SO BASICALLY 90% IS ALL THE RESTRICTED FILE AND SPECIAL FUND TO IMPROVE A CITY WITH A STREET CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND THE OLDEST.
AND, UH, FOUND THE FIRE STATION IMPROVEMENT.
AND, UH, SOME OF OUR IS THAT PARK BELONG TO
SO THE SEWER FUND, THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS, THE, UM, THE CITY-WIDE DISTRICT TO THE, UM, CDBG FUNDED PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE HELPED US ADMINISTER THE MOST RECENT, THE MILLION DOLLAR PLAYGROUND AT FRIENDSHIP PARK, OUR MOST RECENT, UM, PAVING PROJECT IN THE SOUTH END OF TOWN, WHICH WAS SOME $1.8 MILLION, PRIMARILY CDBG FUNDS.
SO, UM, AS THESE PROJECTS ARE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, IF WE IDENTIFY A FUNDING SOURCE AND ASK YOU TO AUTHORIZE IT, THE ENGINEERING WORK FOLLOWS THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS CONTRACT PROVIDES.
WELL, SO THE LAST QUESTION WILL BE I'M DONE.
SO BASICALLY, UH, WITH TRANSTECH ENGINEERING, THEY PERFORM SO WE CAN GET MORE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, MORE FUNDING TO, TO THEIR, UH, CAPACITY ABILITY.
AND, UH, COMPETENT TO FIND THOSE, UH, UH, FUNDING AND SAME TIME AND TO DO THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR US COMPARE BECAUSE PEOPLE ASK ME, SO WE DO IN-HOUSE OKAY WITH ENGINEERING, I THINK MAYBE OKAY.
ENGINEERING POSSIBLE WITH DALE'S STRONG ENGINEERING BACKGROUND.
SO I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE HE CAN SHARE SOME LIGHT ABOUT IN-HOUSE OUR ENGINEERING COMPARE WITH ALL SOULS IN ALL THE TRANSLATOR.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER.
WELL, THIS IS A SERVICE BUREAU MODEL WHERE WE REQUESTED PROPOSALS AND INVITED QUALIFIED FIRMS TO GIVE US A PROPOSAL AND A BID.
WE INTERVIEWED FIRMS, WE SELECTED FIRMS. AND THEN THE COUNCIL, UM, AWARDED TO THE FIRM TO THIS FIRM.
IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING VERY WELL FOR US.
I'M SATISFIED WITH THIS RELATIONSHIP AND, AND WE SEEM TO BE, UM, DOING VERY WELL IN TERMS OF PROJECT DELIVERY.
I REMEMBER PREVIOUSLY WE HAVE A ONE AND A HALF IN-HOUSE ENGINEERING.
BUT, AND I ALWAYS DO HAVE OUTSOURCING FOR SOME PROJECTS.
SO IF WE AGREE TO ATTEND THE IN CHARGE AND THEY FOCUS TO GIVE US MORE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, SO IT MAYBE IT'S WORTHWHILE TO CONTINUE, KEEP YOU FOR, OKAY.
YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
I'LL LOAD THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM DIAZ AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BU COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY COUNCILMAN WU, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.
I MAYOR CASTELLANOS ITEM PASSES FIVE.
[10) CONSIDERATION OF TRANSPORTATION AND LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH MV TRANSPORTATION, INC.]
SORRY.I WOULD LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE FROM EITHER OUR STAFF OR MD TRANSIT, ACTUALLY, UM, REGARDING WHAT HAS BEEN LEARNED ABOUT, UM, THE ROUTE, THE USE USABILITY OF OUR ROUTES AND, UM, ANY FEEDBACK THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED SINCE LAST TIME WE SPOKE.
SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE TRANS TECH UP PLEASE, OR TRANS TECH, MV TRANSIT, FATIGUE, BUSES, YOU DON'T KNOW DETAILS, BUT YOU GOT TO SPEAK ON IT.
UH, JUDY SMITH IN V TRANSPORTATION, UH, UH, I STARTED TAKING IT PERSONAL WERE HERE LAST EVERY TIME, BUT A VERY GOOD MEETING TONIGHT.
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WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, TO TALK TO YOU GUYS AGAIN TONIGHT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, WITH KELLY AND THE CONSULTANT ON, UH, BASICALLY GATHERING THE DATA ON INFORMATION ON THE ROUTES WHAT'S WORKING.WHAT STOPS ARE, UM, ARE VIABLE AND THE STOPS ARE NOT VIABLE.
UH, I WAS AT THE MEETING WHERE THE CONSULTANT DID DO A PRESENTATION WITH SOME OPTIONS FOR SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE BEEN CONTINUING TO GIVE MORE, UH, DATA, UH, FOR THE CONSULTANT WHO ACTUALLY PULLED TOGETHER, UH, PLANS FOR, FOR POTENTIALLY A RECOMMENDATION AT SOME POINT.
BUT I'LL DEFER TO, UH, KELLY TO, TO FOR THE FINAL, FOR THE FINAL PRODUCT, BUT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING, EXCUSE ME, WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING ALL THE DATA, UH, TO LET THEM SH SHOW WHAT'S POTENTIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THAT, UM, UH, LAST MONTH WE PROVIDED ABOUT 10 EXTRA SPECIAL SERVICES FOR, UH, SOME OF THE SENIORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, WE'RE SEEING RIDERSHIP COMING UP A LITTLE BIT SCHOOLS BACK IN SERVICE, AND, UH, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO BE YOUR PARTNER, BUT I'LL JUST DEFER TO KELLY AT THIS TIME.
WHO SPEAKS FOR NOW? I'M SORRY.
MR. QUESTION IS, OH, WELL JUST, JUST AN UPDATE ABOUT THE DATA, THE DATA THAT WE HAVE GATHERED SINCE LAST TIME WE ASKED MV TRANSIT AND CITY CENTER, UH, THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDING DAILY TRIP SHEETS.
I I'VE TABULATED, UH, IN, IN, UM, THE FIRST QUARTER OR THE SECOND QUARTER WORTH OF DATA, APRIL THROUGH JUNE TO GIVE US A SNAPSHOT OF THAT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT INFORMATION AND IT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT.
IT'S THE SHOPPING CENTERS, IT'S A SCHOOLS, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THOSE ARE THE HIGHER, HIGHER TRAFFIC AREAS.
AND HA HAS THAT DATA HELPED US, UH, PROJECT MAYBE BETTER ROUTES SINCE THEN? OR ARE WE NOT QUITE THERE YET? DO WE NEED TO GATHER MORE DATA? WELL, I THINK THE, THE, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT WE, WE HAVE, UH, AFFIRMS WHAT WE HAD LOOKED AT IN MARCH AND USE TO, UH, ESTABLISH THOSE ALIGNMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.
UM, SO WHAT I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE CHANGES THAT WE COULD MAKE SO THAT WE INCREASE THE USAGE OF THE ROUTES? WELL, UH, THE LAST WE CAME BEFORE YOU HAD THREE ALTERNATIVES, ONE BEING, OR A REALIGNMENT OF THOSE LINES.
CURRENTLY, THOSE ARE CIRCULAR, CIRCULAR, LOOPING LINES, THE, THE RED, RED, AND BLUE, UH, GREENS, UH, UM, KIND OF A LINEAR THING, BUT THE PROPOSAL TO REALIGN, THOSE WOULD BE TO CREATE A RED LINE.
AND LIKE WHAT WAS PROPOSED LAST TIME? ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THAT'S NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME, COUNCILMAN WU ONE.
SO SINCE YOU COLLECTED THE DATA AND THE MV TRENDS IS OKAY, BEING OPERATIVE WITH US, HOW MANY YEARS WITH US ALREADY, IS IT 13, 15 YEARS.
SO I THINK ALL THE CT VERY, VERY WELL.
SO IT'S HOW SO WE CAN GET A NEW ROUTE.
SO THAT WILL BE MAYBE MUCH MORE RIDERSHIP.
WELL, WE HAVE, UH, PROPOSALS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING TO YOU ON THE, ON THE SIXTH.
SO TODAY WE JUST TEMPORARILY EXISTED.
BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EVALUATION.
AND DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION WE GET, THERE'S GOING TO BE A PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT AND, UH, AND, AND SO FORTH.
AND SO, SO THIS IS ALSO WE GOING TO HAVE A PROPOSAL.
I THINK YOU HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING.
WE AS A RESIDENT, WE, YEAH, WE, WE WANT PEOPLE RIDE THE BUS TO HAVE INPUT ABOUT WHAT THEY PREP TWICE.
THEIR PREFERENCE AND SOL IS WE UNDERSTAND BECAUSE PEOPLE USING A BUS, WE WANT THEM TO HAVE INPUT.
FOR ME, I HAVE TO BE HONEST, I DIDN'T TAKE THE BUZZING TO WEST COVINA.
SO I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO MAKE A DECISION.
AS YOU HAVE PEOPLE TAKING THE BUSES HAVE MORE INPUT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO TALK TO YOU.
I THINK I HAD 2% AGREE WITH MAYOR.
I FEEL PEOPLE YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE EMPTY BUSES RIDING AROUND ALL THE TIME.
LIKE MAY WE CALL AROUND, BUT THERE'S NOBODY ON THE TOP.
SO, SO I THINK THIS IS HOW WE TRY TO DO SO IT WILL BE IN NEXT MONTHS.
IT IS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BRING ME EVALUATION BACK TO YOU FOR SOME, THE NEW ROUTES, EVERYTHING THAT DATA, RIGHT.
WE CAN TAKE A LOOK INTO THE, THE THREE NEW ALTERNATIVES, THOSE SHOPPING MALL, THE SPOKE FLAGS, IT'S ACCUMULATE MORE PEOPLE TO TAKE THE RYE, RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING THOSE ALTERNATIVES BACK WITH COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A SURVEY THAT'S LIVE
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UP ON THE WEBSITE AND BEEN PUBLISHED THROUGH THE SOCIAL MEDIA.WE ALSO HAVE AT PUB, UM, MARKETED THROUGH THE, UH, ON THE VEHICLES.
SO IT WOULD BE A SEPTEMBER, THE FIRST MEETING, OUR SECOND MEETING, THE FIRST MEETING.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE NEW DATA AS WELL.
UM, ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COUNCILWOMAN.
FIRST COUNCILMAN LOPEZ OF YADDA, THEN MAYOR PRO.
I KNOW YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO THE THINGS YOU JUST MENTIONED, BUT IS IT POSSIBLE TO ALSO REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESSES AS WELL AS THE, LIKE THE SENIORS SO THAT THEY HAVE THE INPUT, BECAUSE MOST OF THEM, THEY UTILIZE THAT.
SO IF WE COULD JUST MAKE SURE TO REACH OUT TO THEM AS WELL.
UM, SO THIS WHERE THEY'RE REQUESTING FOR US TO EXTEND THIS FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
WE, WE HAVE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, THEY FALL OUT OF CONTRACT AND THAT'S WHY I'M, UM, IN ORDER TO FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE REQUESTED REGARDING, UM, MAKING THE WHOLE SYSTEM SMARTER IS STILL ONGOING AT FULL FORCE.
SO THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE PROVIDED IN SEPTEMBER.
WE HAVE A TERMINATION CALL FOR, SO THE DAY, RIGHT.
SO, SO IF THEY DON'T DO SO EVEN WE APPROVE THIS FOR JOE MOMS, WE STILL HAVE A RIDE TO 30 DAY NOTICE.
I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU ARE CONCERNED.
IF WE DON'T GET WHAT WE WANT, WE CAN TAKE EXTENSION FOR MONZA, WHAT KIND OF A WHILE WE HAVE TO GET OKAY.
AND, UH, SOME, SOME OTHER OPTION.
HEY, SO IN THAT WAY, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A PROTECTION TO AMENDED FOR SOMETHING THAT'S.
CAN WE JUST MAKE SURE, UH, THAT WE DON'T DROP THE BALL ON THIS? I KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN WE APPROVE A CONTRACT FOR A YEAR, WE LOSE TRACK AND THEN WE DON'T HEAR FROM THEM UNTIL THE RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT HAPPENS.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS GO IN, THAT WE'RE CONSISTENTLY, UM, PUSHING THROUGH, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU JUST HAVE THAT LONG PERIOD UNTIL I CONTRACT RENEWAL START HAPPENING.
IT'S, UH, APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A SUBJECTION TO, TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT.
AND HOW TO SPEAK INTO NOTHING TOO AGAINST, OKAY.
UNDER WHAT WE JUST WANT TO, PEOPLE CAN UTILIZE A THIN NUGGET, HOPEFULLY.
WE CAN HAVE A, ANOTHER TRYOUT FOR LIKE MALENESS 10.
MAYBE WE CAN KIND OF, WE APPROVED BY THE SAME TIME WE HAVE A TEST PROGRAM FOR 65 YEARS AND OLDER TO REGISTERS.
SO SHOW THEM HOW TO UTILIZE AND THEN COMPARE, COMPARE WAS THERE, UH, THEY ARRIVED AND, UH, WAS A WOBURN TO KIND OF SEE BOTH WHICH ONE WILL BE MORE EFFICIENT AND SUFFICIENT.
AND IN THAT WAY, TAKE SOME COMPETITION.
IS THERE MONROVIA IS THE MODEL WE WANT TO ADOPT OR WE WANT TO USE THE GOOD MODEL FOR MB.
SO YOU ELLIS, YOU HAVE SOME COMPETITION AND WE HAVE SOME COMPARISON.
IS THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF JUST BETTER TRANSPORTATION FOR RP? YEAH.
WE JUST WANT TO PEOPLE UTILIZE THE TRANSPORTATION TO MOVE AROUND THE CITY.
WE HAVE BIG CT FOR NO SENSE, SOUTH IT'S FAR, EAST AND WEST.
SO HOW CAN WE UTILIZE AND HAVE A STUDENT TO UTILIZE THEIR MV? I THINK AS LONG AS THE HIGH SCHOOL, YOU UTILIZE A LOT.
RIGHT? SO THAT SCHOOL IS GOING TO START THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN CONTINUE TO USE THEIR SERVICE BY THE SAME TIME.
SO I'M A SENIOR AT 65 AND OLDER, I CAN MAYBE CAN JUST GO TO THEIR HOME, PICK IT UP.
AND WE DID PAY $3 CAP, $20, ANYTHING ABOLISH, THEY HAVE TO PAY, BUT AT LEAST THEY COULD GO TO THE SHOPPING MALL OR SUPERMARKET TO ALL THE TATTOO OFFICE OR SO.
AND SO TO MAKE THE THING MAKE SENSE TO YOU, KELLY, IT DOES.
LET ME JUST REPHRASE THAT BACK TO, YOU SAID YOU'D BE OPEN TO EXTENDING THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT SHUTTLE CONTRACT AND SO FORTH, BUT YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THE UBER HAVE US LOOK AT THE UBER PILOT OF POSSIBILITY AT 65 YEARS OR OLDER 65 AND OVER, CORRECT.
ANYBODY MORE THAN 65 YEARS OLD IN WEST COVINA RESIDENT.
LET THEM TO APPLY AND TO SEE HOW HE GOES.
AND THEN WE GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF NUMBER.
I LIVED IN INTO TEST DRY ABOUT THIS.
SO LAST TIME IT WAS BECAUSE 25 PEOPLE THIS TIME WE GET ANY PEOPLE AT 65 HOLDER.
AND SOME PEOPLE WANT TO DRY, BUT SOME PEOPLE WE CAN NOT DRIVE.
MAYBE THEY CAN UTILIZE PROGRAM PILOT PROGRAM.
THE CURRENT CURRENT DIAL RIDE AGE IS 55.
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I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MATTERS OR YOU WANT TO JUST, UH, RAISE IT TO TRY 65 MIXES 65.WE HAVE A LOT OF 65, 80 PEOPLE.
WHY DO YOU WANT TO SET THE TONE? I THINK STACY, I THINK 65 IS OKAY.
YOU SAID 55 AND THEN 55 TOO YOUNG.
THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE HOUSE STAPLED.
SO, SO MAYBE WE CAN TRY OUT AND THE SENT OUT WE CAN EXTEND THEIR CONTRACT.
AND THEN LET'S SEE WHICH ONE, IF THEY ARE MUCH BETTER THAN WE USE, WE USE THEM AND THE DIAL, RIGHT.
NEED TO KEEP, WE NEED TO KEEP THAT RIGHT.
BECAUSE THE ADA, THEY HAVE A WHEELCHAIR AND YEAH.
VERY USEFUL BECAUSE THE, THE, THE, UH, OKAY.
A MONROVIA RAN INTO RECENTLY THAT THEY HAD TO, I GOT ALL THE INFORMATION
WE SENT ME ALL THE INFORMATION I WILL PROVIDE TO CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR.
HOPEFULLY YOU GOT, CAN REVEAL IT.
SEE, LET, LET, LET'S SEE HOW DALE FLOP AND LET'S SEE, I THINK I HAVE A COMPETENCY MV, BECAUSE LAST TIME WE SPOKE, THEY DID A GOOD JOB OKAY.
WE, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND GET A BIT AROUND.
I THINK PEOPLE NEED THE BUSES.
SO ANYWAY, THIS IS MY MR. MAYOR ON, ON, ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS THIS EXTENSION WE'LL BRING BACK ON THE SIXTH, THE DIALER, THE UBER WITH THE AGE REQUIREMENT FOR YOU TO VOTE ON WE'LL AGENDA FOR THAT MEETING.
W WE'LL DISCUSS WITH, WE'LL DISCUSS WITH UBER AND GET, GET A PRICING AND TRY TO TRY TO GET THAT BACK ON THE SADDLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE STARTED DOING THE RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S COMING FOR ALL DISCUSSION.
UH, ADD TO JUST A QUICK QUESTION, THE DIAL A RIDE.
I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THAT PROGRAM.
IT'S I BELIEVE THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.
UM, I KNOW THE ONLY ISSUE IS THAT THEY HAD TO CALL THE DAY BEFORE MINIMUM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, CAN THEY USE THOSE DIAL RIDES? SAME DAY.
THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION I HAD.
OH, SO YOU HAVE EVERYTHING SORT OF GOOD JOB.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AND EXTEND FOR ONE YEAR.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR CASTELLANOS IN A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU COUNCIL MEMBER TABATA BY AYE.
COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.
AND BEFORE WE ADJOURN, DO WE HAVE ANY REPORTS, REQUESTS, OR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? SEEING NONE? WE ARE ADJOURNED AT NINE 11.