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WELCOME TO OUR SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.IT IS 7:00 PM MEETING'S NOW IN SESSION.
TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR JULIAN LUTZ FROM WEST VENA SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
AND COUNCILMAN WOO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PRECIOUS LORD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE REPRESENTED HERE.
LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL GRANT WISDOM TO OUR LEADERS, WISDOM TO OUR CITIZENS, AND THAT YOUR SPIRIT WILL WORK IN THIS COUNCIL AND IN THIS CITY.
LORD, WE PRAY THAT WE PRAY THAT AS THE ROUTINE MATTERS ARE DEALT WITH, AS THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE HEARD, THAT EARS WILL BE OPEN, HEARTS WILL BE OPEN, AND THAT WISDOM WILL PREVAIL AS WELL AS PEACE IN JESUS' NAME.
EVERYONE, PLEASE PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND TO YOUR HEART AND FACE THE FLAG AND FOLLOW MY LEAD FOR ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PLEASE BE SEATED WITH DISTANCE.
MAYOR COSTANOS HERE, CITY ATTORNEY.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING TO REPORT.
TODAY WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS,
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
SO WE'RE MOVING RIGHT INTO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.HOW MANY CARDS DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE EIGHT.
FIRST SPEAKER IS KATHY NAVARRO, FOLLOWED BY ROSA RIOS, FOLLOWED BY ANGIE GILLINGHAM.
GOOD EVENING, ERIN CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS OUR PRESIDENT FOR GOMEZ.
HI, I'M FOR PROJECT 29 11 AND WE'RE HERE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOUR GENEROSITY, KINDNESS, AND YOUR CONCERN FOR THOSE IN NEED, UH, WILL BE MET.
DORA IS OUR MAIN PERSON TO CARRY ON ALL OF THE WORK AND THE TORMENT THAT GOES WITH HELPING PEOPLE IN IN COVINA, GLENORA, AZUA, WEST COVINA, AND EAST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, EAST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
SO ANYWAY, I BROUGHT WITH ME SOME INVITATIONS TO OUR DINNER, WHICH IS OCTOBER 11TH.
I WANT ALL OF YOU TO COME IF YOU CAN.
UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A TABLE AND IT'LL BE JUST SPECIFIC FOR YOU.
SO PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU CAN COME.
EVERYONE HERE HAS RECEIVED AN INVITATION.
UM, IS IT THE SOUTH HILLS COUNTRY? YES, IT'S SOUTH HILLS COUNTRY CLUB.
WE'LL HAVE, UH, AUCTION ITEMS AND UH, WELL, UH, WE WILL ALSO PRESENT TO A, UM, CANDIDATE THAT HAS DONE A LOT OF CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY IN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
AWARDED A, UM, NEHEMIAH AWARD.
AND THIS IS FOR SOMEBODY THAT HAS HELPED IN THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, LIKE IN THE, I'M A NEMI WAS SENT TO REBUILD THE CITY.
AND SO WE ALWAYS CHOOSE SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S HELPING TO REBUILD AND HELP IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND ALSO WE GIVE AN AWARD TO, UH, ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS FOR THE YEAR.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE SILENT AUCTION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD ITEMS THIS YEAR.
UH, AT FIRST WE WERE KIND OF HESITATING.
PEOPLE SAY, OKAY, WE'LL CALL YOU, WE'LL CALL YOU.
NOW WE'RE DOWN TO THE WIRE AND IT'S ALL COMING IN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE, A LOT OF THE ROTARY, THE, THE CHAMBER SO ON.
PLUS A LOT OF OUR FRIENDS THAT ARE HELP SUPPORT.
I WAS JUST SHARING WITH, UH, KELLY MCDONALD, WHICH IS OUR CONTACT PERSON HERE IN CITY WEST COVINA.
UH, I THOUGHT WE HAD, WE WERE SERVING, YOU KNOW, REGISTERED EVERYBODY IN EAST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE NUMBERS WERE COMING IN.
AND THE NUMBERS DO NOT SEEM TO GO DOWN.
WE'RE STILL RUNNING 230 TO 250 FAMILIES PER WEEK
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THAT WE SERVE.YEAH, THAT WE, WE HELP IN FOOD BANK.
NOW, WHEN YOU COUNT HOW MANY IN THE FAMILY CAN VARY FROM ONE TO 10.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE, OH, CAN, WE COULD, TALKING TO THE MIC.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE NUMBERS WE'RE TALKING, YOU COULD BEND IT DOWN TO I GOTTA GROW A FEW INCHES.
YOU
SO, UH, AND I WANNA THANK WEST COVINA CUZ THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT COME FROM THE CITY WEST COVINA THAT AT, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FOOD THAT WE HAVE.
AND IT'S NOT BOXED OR DRIED GOODS THAT WE HAVE.
SOMETIMES WE GET AS MUCH AS 450 POUNDS OF FROZEN MEAT FROM SMART AND FINAL.
SO, AND THIS IS JUST ONE STORE WE PICK UP FROM 13 STORES.
WE JUST PICKED UP, UH, SOUTH HILLS HIGH SCHOOL FROM THE LEFT.
WHAT THEY HAVE LEFTOVER, WE, UH, FROM THEIR LUNCH AND, UH, THAT WE GIVE NOT ONLY TO THE HOMELESS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T COOK OR REFRIGERATE.
BUT ALSO THE PARENTS ARE HAPPY TO GET THAT PART OF THE BOXES THAT THEY GET SO THAT WAY THE KIDS CAN ALSO TAKE OF THAT.
AGAIN, THANK YOU EACH AND EVERYONE AND YOU, UH, FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN YOUR HEALTH.
UM, AND ALSO THE DAY OF DISTRIBUTION IS FRIDAY.
SO IF THERE'S SOMEONE WHO NEEDS TO KNOW, UM, THEY OR TO GET INVOLVED OR WANT TO HAVE PARTICIPATE, UH, WE DO TAKE ANY VOLUNTEER WHO IS, UH, 18 YEARS OR OVER 18 YEARS.
SO WE, WE, OUR PROGRAM IS RUN STRICTLY WITH VOLUNTEERS.
SO I DID PAYROLL FOR 20 SOME YEARS, YOU KNOW, SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU AGAIN.
PLEASE RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE INVITATION.
ROSA RIOS, FOLLOWED BY ANGIE GILLINGHAM, FOLLOWED BY HERMAN.
I'M A LITTLE BIT SHORTER, SO I NEED TO GET THIS MIC CLOSER TO ME.
UM, I AM S I AM THE MOTHER OF CAB DEJA.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS MR. TONY WOO FOR STOPPING BY MY SON-IN-LAW'S HOUSE.
ABOUT MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO YOU STOPPED BY AND, UM, YOU HEARD US, OUR STORY, A SENSELESS SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 2ND, 2021.
THANK YOU FOR I HEARD THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT YOU GUYS HAD, I THINK ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
AND, UM, WHILE I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF, UM, CALLING IT GABBY'S CORNER, ACTUALLY IT'S A VERY HARD CORNER TO PASS BY CUZ IT BRINGS VERY DARK MEMORIES.
AND AS A MOTHER MA DIAZ VIDO, BOTH OF YOU GUYS HAVE ONE OF EACH LIKE I DID TOO.
UM, GABRIELLA WAS MY ONLY DAUGHTER.
SHE WAS GOING TO SCHOOL TO BECOME A NURSE.
YOU KNOW WHAT EVERY MOTHER WANTS TO HAVE? SHE WAS AN ORGAN DONOR AT THE AGE OF 16.
SHE MADE THAT DECISION BY HERSELF AND SO MADE OUR DECISION MUCH EASIER THE DAY OF HER PASSING.
UM, MS. DIAZ, YOU HAD ALSO SUGGEST THAT IT MAY BE MATCHING THE 50,000.
THAT WOULD BE NICE IF IT, IT DOES PASS IF IT IS AGREED BY, BY THE COUNCIL.
BUT I'M GOING, WHAT'S DONE'S DONE? I CANNOT GO BACK AND CHANGE IT.
BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A CITY FOR YOUR CITY HERE, FOR THE COMMUNITY? WHAT CAN WE DO TO HONOR THOSE VICTIMS OF CRIME? THE SENSELESS THAT HAPPENS? NOT SHORTLY.
ABD WAS MURDERED ON JANUARY 2ND, 2021 AT THE CORNER OF, AND OMAR, WITHIN SIX MONTHS, I BELIEVE THERE WAS TWO ADDITIONAL SHOOTINGS THAT RESULTED IN MURDERS AS WELL.
ONE OF 'EM WAS A GUNSHOT AS WELL.
AND THEN ANOTHER GENTLEMAN, 53 YEARS OLD WHO WAS, UM, I GUESS WHO WAS BEATEN TO DEATH AT THE SAME CORNER.
SO HOW CAN WE HONOR THESE, YOUR RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA? SO, YOU KNOW HOW THE HIGH SCHOOLS, THEY HAVE, UM, THEIR PHOTOS OF GRADUATES MOVING, GONE TO HIGH SCHOOL AND SO AND SO'S MOVING TO CSUN.
SO, AND GOING TO SANTA BARBARA, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE BANNERS HONORING OUR SERVICE MEN WHO ARE
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SERVING THE ARMY, WHO ARE SERVING IN THE NAVY, AND YOU HAVE THEIR PHOTOS.WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HONOR THEIR RESIDENTS, INNOCENT VICTIMS THAT WERE KILLED FOR NO REASON AT ALL THAN JUST GOING BACK HOME FROM GETTING DINNER.
I WAS THINKING, WHY CAN WE, WHY, WHY CAN WE ADOPT THE SAME THING? IS THERE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A NATIONAL VICTIMS OF CRIME MONTH WHERE WE CAN HONOR AND YOU COULD HAVE A CRITERIA CUZ OBVIOUSLY I WOULD NOT ADVOCATE AND I WOULD NOT SUPPORT FOR ANYONE THAT CHOSE TO LIVE A A, UM, RECKLESS LIFE OR CHOSE TO BE IN, IN CRIME.
OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T DESERVE THAT KIND OF HONOR.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE GOOD CITIZENS, INNOCENT CHILDREN, OR YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE JUST STARTING THEIR LIFE AND THEY'RE TAKEN AWAY OVERNIGHT, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HONOR THEM? AND THIS, UM, I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T, YOU CANNOT IMAGINE HOW YOUR WORLD IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
WE WERE LIKE THE PERFECT FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, MY SON, HE WORKS AT GILEAD PHARMACY COLLEGE GRADUATE.
I'M A SAFE OCCUPATIONAL OSHA COMPLIANCE SAFETY MANAGER.
OUR DAD HAS ALWAYS WORKED FOR FEDEX.
WE, WE HAVE NO ASSOCIATION WITH ANY KIND OF CRIME WHATSOEVER.
I HAVE A GRANDSON, YOU HAVE A GRANDDAUGHTER.
SHE WAS JUST STARTING AND OUR LIVES WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN OVERNIGHT.
IT COULD HAPPEN TO ANY OF US AT ANY TIME, AND I DON'T WISH IT UPON ANYONE.
THE ONLY TIME I GET REST, THE ONLY TIME I DON'T FEEL HER LOSS IS WHEN I'M ASLEEP.
THE MINUTE I WAKE UP, IT'S THE ANXIETY THAT TAKES OVER ME AND I CANNOT CONTROL IT.
WHAT'S BEEN GETTING ME THROUGH THIS IS THE LOVE FOR HER, THE LOVE FOR MY SON, AND THE LOVE FOR MY GRANDSON AND MY FAITH.
THAT'S BEEN GETTING ME THROUGH THIS A LOT.
SO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
ANGIE GILLHAM, FOLLOWED BY HER MEN, FOLLOWED BY MIGRAINE SPAN.
I COME HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE A FEW SUBJECTS THAT I BELIEVE THE VOTING PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE OF IN ELECTION YEAR.
I WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW A SUB SUBJECTS THAT CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL THREE AND NOW FOUR.
I WILL BEGIN WITH THE RAISES GIVEN TO PUBLIC U UM, EMPLOYEES, POLICE AND FIRE.
THE LOCAL PAPER WORDED THIS ACTION AS CASH STRAP.
CITY APPROVES 12% RAISES WOO, COSTANO AND LOPEZ.
THREE COUNCILS WHO SUPPORTED THESE RAISES.
SOON AFTER THEY SUPPORTED A TAX INITIATIVE TO THE RESIDENTS TO PAY FOR THESE RAISES.
QUICKLY, A GROUP FORMED A WEST COVINA RESIDENCE, A, UM, WITH FOUR FORMER MAYORS WHO OPPOSED SUCH RAISES AND ONE OVERWHELMINGLY EIGHT BY ONE BY THE VOTERS OF WEST COVENA, WHO OPPOSED SUCH A RAISE.
NEXT WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF BKK, KNOWN AS THE SIMP POEY HOTEL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH ORIGINALLY HAD A GRAND HOTEL, AMPLE THEATER, RACE, TRACK, DOG PARK CETERA, ET CETERA.
ADAMANTLY OPPOSED BY THE INFORMED NONPROFIT GROUP KNOWN AS LIVABLE WEST COVENA, WHO DELVED INTO THE LONG, HORRIBLE HISTORY OF TOXIC WASTE AT THAT SITE.
ALSO OPPOSED BY WEST COVENA VOTERS THAT HAS SINCE GONE NOWHERE DUE TO THE BANKRUPT BANK, SIMPLY COMPANY.
NEXT, THE COUNCIL DID NOT MAKE ANY HEADWAY WITH MEANINGFUL PENSION REFORM.
SO THE DECISION WAS TO RISK FINANCING BONDS TO PAY FOR COWPER'S DEBT.
A GROUP KNOWN AS THE HOWARD JARVIS GROUP USED THESE TYPES OF ACTION POORLY AS USING YOUR MASTERCARD TO PAY YOUR VISA.
SO THE COUNCIL PROCEEDED PAID SOME DEBT AND KEPT SOME CASH FOR THOSE BONDS.
AND WE, THE VOTING PUBLIC NOW HAVE BONDS NOT TO BE PAID OFF TO 2049.
NOW, MOST RECENTLY, AS THE SPRING FEST, MANY RESIDENTS BEFORE ME CAME TO THIS COUNCIL ASKING FOR COSTS RELATED TO THE POORLY ATTENDED EVENT BY RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY.
VENDORS WHO WERE APPROACHED BY THIS BY WERE, WERE APPROACHED, WERE MOSTLY FROM OUTSIDE CITY.
VERY FEW OF OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS OR RESTAURANTS WERE ASKED TO PARTICIPATE.
THERE WERE EIGHT SPONSORS, ONE BEING THE C A A WC, CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WC.
UH, WHY I SINGLE THIS OUT? WELL, IT'S THE RELATIONSHIP TO MR. WOO.
THE PRESIDENT AT THE TIME WAS MRS. WOO.
IN FACT, MANY OF THE APPLICATIONS TO THE CITY SUBMITTED TO THE CITY BY HER GROUP READ, MAKE CHECKS
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OUT TO C A A WC.SO I ASKED A CITY OFFICIAL IF THE MONEY COLLECTED BY THAT GROUP WAS TURNED INTO THE CITY ANSWER, THE NONPROFIT WAS ABLE TO KEEP MOST OF THE COLLECTED, MOST OF WHAT THEY COLLECTED FOR THEIR EFFORT.
THAT NONPROFIT COLLECTED CLOSE TO 10,000 AND CHURN BACK A CHECK TO THE CITY FOR 2,800.
THEY WERE THE ONLY GROUP WHO PROFITED FROM THE EVENT INCLUDES, WHICH INCLUDES THE CITY.
NEXT, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AS MR. RU CONTINUES TO PROMOTE WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT, VISITING OTHER CITIES, PROMOTING HIS PROGRESS, THE VENTURE HAS GONE NOWHERE, THANKFULLY, WITH THE PUBLIC ASKING FOR MONTHS NOW, YEARS, WE STILL HAVE NO INFORMATION ON COST RELATED TO THIS VENTURE.
AND, BUT THE COUNCIL FOR PROCEEDS THIS YEAR WE SAW DISTRICTS REDESIGNED BY A CONSULTANT, NOT BY ITS RESIDENTS.
UM, THE CITY IS GOING THROUGH A NEW ZONING TO OUR GENERAL PLAN, ALL WITHOUT A PLANNING DIRECTOR GOING ON THREE YEARS SOON WE COULD HAVE HIGH RISES WITH NO HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS AT OUR MALLS DUE TO THE CITY'S FAILURE TO INCLUDE LOW INCOME HOUSING AT THE MANY DEVELOPMENTS THEY'VE APPROVED.
CITY PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD AT A CAR DEALERSHIP NOW CLAIMS TO BE A HOTEL BUILDER.
NOTHING WRONG THERE, NOT A PRIORITY.
RESIDENTS, NONPROFITS, LOCAL BUSINESSES, ALL HAVE BEEN IGNORED BY THE COUNCIL FOR UNTIL NOW ELECTION YEAR ONE OF YOU IS ASKING FOR THEIR VOTE.
FOLLOWED BY MIKE GREENSPAN, FOLLOWED BY EL MESSMAN.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE STRUGGLES IN LIFE.
SOME FOR THE BETTER OR THE WORSE, BUT SO FAR THE WORSE IS COMING OUT ABOUT THESE DONORS.
AND THE LADY KEYED IN ON IT VERY WELL.
I MEAN, I SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO GO INTO THIS, BUT I HAVE TO BECAUSE AS YOU READ IN THE LA TIMES REGARDING, UM, GUN PERMITS, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HAS PUT A RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST ME CALLED A SLAP STRATEGIC LAWSUIT AGAINST THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T LIKE WHAT I PERCEIVE TO SAY AS WHAT I HAVE GOING ON IN MY MIND.
BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THE INVESTIGATION FOUND AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED PERMITS, YOU SHOULD BE WORRIED, ESPECIALLY COMING FROM DONORS.
YOU KNOW, LET'S FACE IT, LEE BACCA HASN'T LEFT THE SHERIFF'S STATION.
WE STILL HAVE ISSUES ABOUT GANGS IN THE SHERIFF.
AND I KNOW I HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE I WAS, I WAS, UH, UNLAWFULLY DE DETAINED AND HANDCUFFED AND ASKED IMPERMISSIBLE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY DO I SPEAK LIKE THIS IN MEETINGS? WELL, AS YOU SEE THESE DONORS TO THESE ELECTIONS AND CAMPAIGNS AND OTHERS WITH, WITH PARTAKING WITH THE SHERIFF AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, IT SHOWS YOU THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH OUR SOCIETY.
SO AGAIN, WE SHOULDN'T WORRY, RIGHT? BUT HERE'S A GOOD LINE FROM THE LA TIMES.
IT SAYS THE SHERIFF HAVE COME UNDER SUSPICION OF WRONGDOING.
NOW HOW DOES THAT WRONGDOING COME INTO PLAY? WELL, AS YOU HEARD, DOZENS OF DONORS GOT CCW PERMITS.
AND AGAIN, WHAT IS THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN OR PURPOSE? IT MENTIONS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT YET WE INCARCERATE MORE BLACK CHILDREN, MORE BLACK FAMILIES.
AND ON THE OTHER HAND, WE INCARCERATE MORE LATINOS AND WET BACKS LIKE MYSELF.
SO, TO ENRICH THE LIVES THROUGH THIS EFFECTIVE AND CARING SERVICE, I FIND A VERY OFFENSIVE HYPOCRISY AMONG OUR SO-CALLED SOCIETY.
AND IT'S FAILED TO DO ITS PART TO PROTECT US AS CITIZENS.
AS YOU HEARD, WE ARE GETTING JUST ROB BLIND, STUPID, THE LADY BENCHING IN HER PRESENTATION BEFORE I GOT HERE THAT, OH, THE CITY OF WEST COTA.
AND THIS CAR AGENCY IS GONNA PLAN TO BUILD A BIG HIGH RISER.
WELL IN SANTA MONICA, SOME FOOLS WANNA BUILD A HUGE TOWER IN A NICE RESIDENTIAL SANTA MONICA MOUNTAIN.
AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE? YOU CAN'T PUT VETS IN THERE.
YOU CAN'T PUT THE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THERE.
YOU CAN'T PUT ANY OF US IN THERE CUZ YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT.
SO YOU'RE ASKED OUT, I MEAN, ASKED OUT.
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WHOLE THING HERE IS, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED THAT THE LANGUAGE I USE IS OFFENSIVE.AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, I HAVE A RIGHT TO TO ACCUSE AND CRITICIZE ANYONE I FEEL HAS DISSERVICED THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.
AND WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO CENSORING US, IT BOTHERS ME.
AND MONITORING OUR SPEECH SHOULD STOP.
AND THE REASON BEHIND THAT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, JUST DRIVING UP HERE, GOING THROUGH THE HONG KONG PLAZA, MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW WHERE IT'S AT AND MAYBE YOU DON'T.
BUT IF YOU HEAD SOUTH DOWN THE STREET FROM WEST COVINA, YOU FIND THE HONG KONG PLAZA.
NOW EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT, OH, BE CAREFUL.
YOU MIGHT GET GERMANS, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
WHILE YOUR DUMB DUMB PRESIDENT JUST GOT THROUGH SANE.
WE'RE OUT COVID WELL WRONG, DUMB, DUMB PRESIDENT.
WE'RE STILL IN A ISSUE INVOLVING DUMMIES ON THE RIGHT AND DUMMIES ON THE LEFT.
SO LET'S ENCOURAGE FLORIDA, LET'S ENCOURAGE US TEXAS, SEND ALL THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO CALIFORNIA BECAUSE WE WILL HOUSE THEM.
SEND ALL THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HERE TO WEST COVINA CUZ WE'RE A SANCTUARY CITY.
I INVITE YOU, SEND THEM GOVERNORS.
SEND ALL YOUR HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO ARE ESCAPING THE REFUGEE OF, OF DISPOSABLE LIVELIHOOD.
BRING 'EM TO AMERICA CUZ IT SEEMS THAT WE'RE A, A FREE GIVEAWAY MONEY TO A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT EXCEPT FOR THE AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO LIE ON OUR STREETS DAILY AND WALK OUR STREETS.
MIKE GREENSPAN, FOLLOWED BY ELSIE MESSMAN, FOLLOWED BY RALPH BERAN.
SIR, FOR THE RECORD? YES, SIR.
OKAY, MIKE GREEN SPAN, UH, THE JEW WHO WON'T GO BACK TO FLORIDA.
NOW, I'LL TELL EVERY ANTI-SIM ANTI-CHRIST CATHOLIC BAT.
NOW, A FEW ISSUES I DO WANNA TALK ABOUT.
FIRST OF ALL, WANNA THANK THE MINISTER FOR MENTIONING JESUS.
AFTER ALL, WHEN THEY GET CAUGHT CHEATING IN A CHRISTIAN LEAGUE, THEY JERK THEIR DICKS AND BLAME THE UMPIRE.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THEY CAN DO.
AND IN 96 DAYS, IF JESUS SHOWS UP AT TIM AQUA COUNTRY CLUB, TIM TEBOW OF ALL PEOPLE WILL BODILY THROW 'EM FROM THE DINING ROOM BECAUSE HE'S JEWISH.
OUR CHRISTMAS DINNERS ONLY FOR OUR CHRISTIAN MEMBERS.
NOW, I WANNA WELCOME BACK OUR CITY MANAGER FROM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
I I THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE HAD COVID BECAUSE C'S STILL AROUND DESPITE WHAT OUR CILE PRESIDENT THINKS.
BUT OF COURSE, ONLY 120 MILLION PEOPLE DIED AS OF JULY, 2020 AROUND THE WORLD.
I'M NOT SEEN OUT LIKE HIM NOW, UM, WE HAD AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL A WHILE BACK AND I CAME OVER HERE TO PICK UP A PIECE OF PAPER FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, AND IT WAS PUT ON BY THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, PAULINA MORALES.
AND BASICALLY, IT WASN'T WHAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
IT WASN'T LIKE THE DAYS I WOULD READ ABOUT WITH DOLLY MADISON, FIRST LADY TO JAMES MADISON.
THEY USED TO HOLD ICE CREAM SOCIALS AT THE WHITE HOUSE WHEN THEY WEREN'T RUNNING AWAY FROM THE BRITISH.
AND YOU KNOW, I FIGURE IF YOU COULD HAVE A FLOP LIKE SPRING FEST, WHICH IS A BIG OLD MONEY PIT, MONEY JUST GOING DOWN, DOWN, DOWN THIS BLACK HOLE, YOU COULD AT LEAST HAVE BROUGHT IN A COUPLE OF BIG SIZE FREEZERS FOR THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL.
ONE OF THEM COULD HAVE HAD SALT AND STRAW ICE CREAM, A PREMIUM ICE CREAM.
AND ONE OF 'EM COULD HAVE HAD FOSSILS OVER THERE IN ALHAMBRA, ANOTHER PREMIUM ICE CREAM.
AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN KEPT COLD MELT WERE GREAT AT AT SUBWAY AND BURGER KING AND, AND AT PHILLY CHEESE STEAK PLACE AND CHARLIE'S.
BUT FOR ICE CREAM SANDWICHES, THEY ARE NOT MEANT TO BE MELTY.
IT SHOULD BE NICE AND HARD AND FROZEN STILL.
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FLOP.MAYBE THE CITY MANAGER COULD GET SOME MORE COMPETENT PEOPLE TO DO THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL WHEN THEY HAVE IT.
SPEAKING OF WHICH, THERE WERE NINE PEOPLE ABSENT FROM THE FOOTHILL TRANSIT WHERE OUR TAX MONEY GENEROUSLY GOES 40% FROM A COUPLE OF TAX MEASURES.
WE VOTED IN 20% FROM ANOTHER COUPLE OF THEM.
I MEAN, LET'S SAY WE PUT TONY WOO AND BRIAN TINEY AND SOMEBODY FROM THE SENATOR MANAGER'S OFFICE.
THE NINE ABSENCES WOULD BE DOWN TO SIX AF.
I MEAN, OKAY, WHY WOULD I LEAN A BIT ON THE CITY MANAGER? WELL, THEY MAKING THE SIX FIGURES A YEAR, WHEREAS YOU FOLKS MIGHT MAKING IN THE LOW FIVE FIGURES AND THE ALWAYS ABSENT MAYOR OF ELMONTE, MAYOR JESSICA, AND THE BROAD WITH THE BIG BOOBS WHO DRIVES THE LEXUS SUV, MA THEY ALL MAKE 36,000.
BUT THE CITY MANAGERS ARE MAKING IN THE SIX FIGURE CATEGORY.
SO MAYBE WE SHOULD EXPECT MORE FROM THEM.
WE'RE SURE PAYING THEM MORE, I WOULD SAY THE ATTORNEYS.
BUT THIS, THIS ATTORNEY COMES FROM AN ORANGE COUNTY LAW FIRM.
THE ONE IN EL MONTE COMES FROM A DOWNTOWN LA THE FAMOUS OMO.
AND THAT ATTORNEY HAPPENS TO BE THE STEPSON OF LASE ROY ALLARD AND ALL OF OUR SPEEDS.
SO THAT GETS HIM IN THE DOOR OF A LOT OF PLACES.
WHETHER HE'S BEING COMPETENT AND OVERCHARGES.
OH, THAT'S INCIDENTAL BECAUSE WHAT REALLY MATTERS, IT'S, WHAT'S THE OLD SAYING? IT'S NOT WHAT YOU KNOW, IT'S WHO YOU KNOW.
AND ALL OF RSK IS VERY INFLUENTIAL.
I'M SURPRISED I DON'T SEE HIS FIRM ALL KNOW AROUND HERE.
BUT BOY, THEIR TENTACLES GO EVERYWHERE.
BUT WE SHOULD BE MORE INVOLVED WITH FOOTHILL TRANSIT.
IT SHOULDN'T BE JUST A REPOSITORY LIKE THE OLD RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT FOR FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND STATE LEGISLATOR RICHARD ATOR, WHO WOULD ALWAYS STUFF HIS POCKET WITH A HUNDRED DOLLARS BILLS BEFORE THE MEETING.
AND HE, HE GOT IN TROUBLE FOR INCOME TAX EVASION, BUT MANAGED TO WEASEL HIS WAY OUT OF PRISON TIME.
I DON'T THINK, UH, OUR FORMER SUPERVISOR, CURLY, AKA MARK RIDLEY THOMAS, IS GOING TO DO THAT.
BOY DID WE HAVE A BOMB SELL WITH, UH, DEAN FLYNN.
AND IT LED RIGHT TO HIS SON, THE ONE WHO GOT BOOTED FROM THE LEGISLATURE FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
WHAT DID I READ ABOUT? HE WALKED THIS DEPUTY TO HER CAR AND GAVE HER A KISS AGAINST HER WILL, AND SHE COULD FEEL THAT HE HAD A BONER UNDER HIS PANTS.
BOY, DO WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN GOVERNMENT? LC MESSMAN, FOLLOWED BY RALPH BERAN, FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER.
INTERVIEW BUDDY HERE TONIGHT, THE COUNCIL STAFF AND PEOPLE AT HOME.
MY NAME IS EL MESSMAN AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS AND I HOPE I CAN GIVE SOME ANSWERS FROM OUR CITY MANAGER.
NUMBER ONE IN CLOSED SESSION, THERE WERE TWO, UH, THERE WERE TWO EXISTING LITIGATIONS.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHAT HAPPENED TO MARK TAYLORS, OUR EX-POLICE CHIEF AND LARRY WOODHORN, OUR EX FIRE CHIEF IN THEIR CASES? THESE ARE TWO CASES THAT I THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW BECAUSE YOU FIRED THEM BOTH.
AND LOOKING AT THE VOUCHER LIST, I FOUND THAT WE HAVE PAID TRANSTECH ENGINEERING 2,708,000 PLUS DOLLARS IN JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER FOR PAYMENT FOR JANUARY AND JUNE INVOICES.
WHY ARE THESE PAID AT THIS TIME SO LATE? WE WERE TOLD IT WAS CHEAPER TO FARM OUT ENGINEER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT THAN IT WAS TO HAVE STAFF DO THE WORK.
AS ANYBODY LOOKED INTO THIS TO SEE IF STAFF COULD DO IT CHEAPER, WE ALSO PAID TRANSTECH 1,385,000 PLUS FOR JANUARY THROUGH JUNE THIS YEAR.
SO THIS YEAR WE PAID TECH OVER $4 MILLION FOR WHAT THIS NEEDS TO BE CHECKED INTO AND LET RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT THE 4 MILLION IS FOR.
AND ARE WE THE CASH COW? I DON'T RECALL THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT COSTING THIS MUCH.
YES, THEY MAY DO THINGS A LOT FASTER, BUT DO WE REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING? AND MY THIRD QUESTION IS, NOW WE WANNA HIRE 12 MORE PEOPLE TO CLEAN UP
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GRAFFITI AND PUBLIC IN, IN PUBLIC AREAS.WE DON'T, WHY DON'T WE JUST HIRE A COUPLE POLICE OFFICERS AND GET THE GRAFFITI GRAFFITI VANDALS BEFORE THEY DO THEIR ARTWORK WITH A STIFF FINE.
WE PAINT ONE DAY AND THEY ARE BACK THE NEXT.
BUT, AND BY THE WAY, WHERE DO WE THINK WE'RE GONNA GET THE MONEY FOR, FOR 12 MORE PEOPLE? IT BETTER NOT BE ANOTHER TAX.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHERE THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE GOING? WE ALL HEAR ABOUT A HOTEL.
WEST COVINA DOESN'T HAVE AN ATTRACTION TO WARRANT A HOTEL.
LET'S STOP SELLING CITY PROPERTY AND MAKE DUE FOR WHAT WE HAVE.
WHY DID WE SPEND ALL THE MONEY AT THE SPORTS SPECS FESTIVAL WHEN WE COULD HAVE HAD OUR MANY PARTS FOR FREE? USE A SPORTS FLEX FOR WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE AND NOT WHAT PEOPLE SIMPLY THINK THEY WANTED TO BE.
RALPH BELL CHAN, FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON.
I'M A, UH, EX RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA OF 15 YEARS, AND I LIVE IN COVINA.
I MISSED WEST COVINA BY HALF A BLOCK.
I AM RETIRED, UH, COUNTY EMPLOYEE AFTER 38 YEARS.
ACCOUNTING SERVICE, PARKS AND REC.
I WAS THE TRAILS MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR, BUT, UM, I THINK I FALL UNDER THE CATEGORY OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT.
MY ITEM IS THAT THERE'S A SAFETY HAZARD, UH, THAT I NOTICED LAST THURSDAY.
IMAGINE THE EASTLAND SHOPPING CENTER.
YOU HAVE THE SPROUTS, OFFICE DEPOT, YOU HAVE THE MASSAGE PLACE, THEN YOU HAVE THE BABY STORE, THEN YOU HAVE THE AT AND T, THAT PARTY STORE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I ASKED THEM IF THEY COULD GET SOMEBODY OUT THERE BECAUSE WHAT THEY HAVE IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT IT PUTS THE CITY AT RISK, NOT JUST THE PROPERTY OWNER, BUT IT PUTS THE CITY AT RISK BECAUSE I I I MADE SURE THAT MY PHONE CALL WAS RECORDED BECAUSE YOU HAVE A, UH, FOUR 13 FOOT OVERHANG FROM THE FRONT DOOR OF EACH BUSINESS GOING OUT, OKAY? AND IT SAT, IT'S SUPPOSED TO SIT ON A SADDLE, OKAY? IT'S A SIX BY 14 BEAM.
AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE ON, UH, THREE OF THOSE POSTS, FOUR OF THOSE POSTS, THEY PUT IN A TEMPORARY SUPPORT OF A FOUR BY FOUR, WHICH IS ONLY 11.
IT'S ONLY, UH, 13 FEET HIGH, A FOUR BY FOUR HOLDING UP A SIX BY 14 BEAM.
AND THE SADDLE BRACKETS UP ON TOP AND THE BOTTOM, THEY'RE ROTTING AWAY.
I WAS, I WAS BUSY YESTERDAY TO GET THOSE PRODUCED.
I WAS GONNA GIVE YOU THOSE PICTURES BECAUSE WHEN I CALLED THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, I MENTIONED TO HER, I SAID, PLEASE HAVE YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OR WHOEVER CHECKS BUILDINGS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, BECAUSE THAT'S THE LIABILITY.
NOT ONLY THE DEVELOPER OF THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, BUT IT FALLS ON YOUR JURISDICTION BECAUSE IT IS PART OF WEST CAMINA.
I DO MY SHOPPING IN WEST COMINA, BUT WHEN I WENT OUT THERE, IT WAS ON THURSDAY OF LAST WEEK, THE GAL TOLD ME, WELL, HE'S GONNA, HE'S NOT IN TODAY, HE'LL BE IN TOMORROW.
I GAVE HER MY COMPLETE INFORMATION TO MEET WITH THE GENTLEMAN THE FOLLOWING DAY.
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I DON'T DO, I'M THE HANDYMAN OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE I LIVE.SO ANYWAY, WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THAT YOU NEED TO ADDRESS THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I MENTIONED TO HER, IF I DON'T GET ANY RESPONSE OR ACTION FROM THE CITY OR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, I AM, THE NEXT STEP FOR ME IS TO HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GO OUT THERE AND CONDEMN THAT SECTION OF BUILDING BECAUSE IT IS HAZARDOUS TO THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA.
IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, GO OUT THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
YOU HAVE A FOUR, IT'S LIKE A MATCHSTICK HOLDING UP A, IT'S, IT'S A SIX BY 14 BEAM AND IT'S ROTTED UP ON TOP.
I I MENTIONED THIS TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THE STORE OWNERS THREE YEARS AGO, BECAUSE YOU GOT STUCCO.
YOU GOT SPOTLIGHTS, AND THEN YOU GOT THE ROOF MATERIAL ON TOP OF IT THAT DRAINS OUT.
OKAY? SO THERE'S, THERE'S SOME WEIGHT AND THAT'S WHY IT'S ROTTING.
EVEN THE POST ON THE, ON THE BOTTOM, IT'S BEEN SAW CUT BEFORE.
AND THEY HAD THESE ROUND, UH, TUBES, METAL TUBES THAT WERE, THAT WERE COVERING IT.
WELL, THEY REMOVED THEM
BUT I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW AND PUT YOU ON NOTICE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THAT? YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU THREE OR FOUR DAYS TO GET SOMEBODY OUT THERE, OR WE WILL HAVE OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY CHECK IT OUT.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW.
BUT MY NEXT STEP IS TO GET THE PARTY DEPARTMENT.
NOW WE, WE HEARD THAT PART ABOUT YOUR TIME'S UP.
JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY OUR ROBINSON AT THE LAST MEETING, THERE WAS A PERSON WHO STOOD UP HERE AND WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW PEOPLE IN WEST COVENA ARE BEING EVICTED AND SO FORTH AND OVER THE ONE TO JUMP ON A TOPIC THAT SHOULDN'T BE A TOPIC.
COUNCIL MEMBER RU GOES, WELL, MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME C B D G MONEY, OR MAYBE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO ASK THE COUNTY FOR HOMELESS MONEY AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 19 MILLION FROM THE CARES ACT THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS AND RESIDENTS WHO WERE HARMED BY COVID? THAT 5 MILLION OF IT IS STILL SITTING THERE.
OH, BUT WE GOTTA GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GET THE MONEY.
CUZ IT TAKES AWAY FROM YOUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
CUZ THAT'S AMAZING HOW THE MONEY STARTS SLIDING OVER THERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS POINTED OUT BY AN EARLIER SPEAKER, AND I'VE HARPED ON THIS AND I'M GONNA DO IT AGAIN, WHO HIRES A CIVIL ENGINEERING FIRM THAT BUILDS ROADS, BRIDGES, SEWER SYSTEMS TO DO A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK I'VE ASKED COUNCIL MEMBER, WOO, WHEN YOU BUILT YOUR HOUSE, DID YOU HIRE A MEDICAL DOCTOR TO DESIGN IT OR DID YOU HIRE AN ENGINEER OR AN ARCHITECT, YOU KNOW, BUT LET, LET'S COME UP WITH A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
LISTEN, NOT HIRE ANYBODY WHO'S ASSOCIATED WITH MEDICAL, CONSIDERING THE COST TO DEAL WITH THE STATE WHEN YOU'RE DOING ALL DIFFERENT THINGS.
I CAN'T PICTURE THEY'RE DOING IT FOR FREE.
MAYBE WHAT ELSE? HE'S TALKING ABOUT THAT $4 MILLION IS BEING HID.
SOME OF THAT IS HIDING THE COST OF A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND BY THE WAY, YOU STILL HAVE 4.5 MILLION OF THAT, UH, UH, CARES, UH, MONEY BECAUSE IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT WE COULDN'T USE IT FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
MAINLY THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO IF YOU'RE SINCERE THAT YOU WANT TO HELP THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESSES, THERE'S 4.5 MILLION STILL SITTING THERE THAT'S UNALLOCATED, YOU KNOW, SOMEPLACE TO GO FIND IT.
LADY WHO SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, DOING SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME INDIRECTLY WE COULD DO SOMETHING THERE.
MAYBE INSTEAD OF GIVING AWAY $220,000 WORTH OF EXPENSES TO A CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBER'S WIFE'S CHARITY, WE COULD HAVE USED SOME OF THAT MONEY TO HELP SOME OF THESE PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE DIFFERENT PLACES THAT, UH, YOU CAN GET IT, BUT YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE PEOPLE THINK YOU CARE WHEN YOU DON'T.
BECAUSE IN MOST CASES, IF YOU DID CARE, PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE GETTING UP HERE SAYING THEY NEED HELP BECAUSE THE HELP WOULD'VE BEEN
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THERE ALREADY.YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK I'LL GO THERE FOR RIGHT NOW, BUT I, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS.
YOU TALK ABOUT HOW THE SPORTS PLEX, DO YOU REALIZE UNTIL COVID AND YOU GUYS TOOK IT OVER, HOW HARD IT WAS TO SCHEDULE ANYTHING UP THERE? YOU CAN SCHEDULE THINGS ON A SATURDAY AND A SUNDAY WAY AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING USED.
YOU GO UP THERE DURING THE WEEK IF IT'S OPEN, CAN'T REALLY TELL BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY THERE, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK PEOPLE HAVE ASKED IN THE PAST ABOUT WHERE'S THE BATTING CAGES? AND THE LAST THING WE HEARD IS WHERE THERE'S NO BALLS.
WELL, WELL, THAT LEADS TO A BIG JOKE, BUT I'LL, I'LL IGNORE THAT ONE FOR RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, BUT IF YOU HAVE BATTING CAGES, YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME IN THE ALMOST TWO YEARS SINCE YOU GUYS TOOK IT OVER, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET BALLS FOR THE BATTING CAGES.
YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE JUST, THOSE ARE BIG AND LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY.
YEAH, IT'S JUST UTTERLY AMAZING.
I'LL BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO AN IMPORTANT LAWSUIT.
IF COVENA HAD ADOPTED, UH, SANTA MONICA'S MORE DEMOCRATIC FREEDOM VOTING METHODS, THEN THIS NOVEMBER THERE WOULD BE EIGHT CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT.
AND THE THREE TOP, UH, VOTE GETTERS WOULD BE ELECTED TO THE NEXT COUNCIL.
AND 40% OF THE CITY'S VOTERS WOULD NOT BE, UH, DIS DISENFRANCHISED FROM VOTING.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE IDEAS AND THE TAB TO BUY PEOPLE.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, THE COUNCIL SEEMS TO, UH, CONTENT TO, UH, CONSTANTLY REENACT BAD PAST LOCAL POLICY.
UH, PLAINTIFF'S, UH, CHALLENGING CHALLENGED THE CITY'S AT LARGE VOTING ELECTION SYSTEM FOR ITS CITY COUNCIL, AND ARGUED THAT IT VIOLATED BOTH THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION.
THE COURT OF APPEAL REJECTED BOTH ARGUMENTS THAT HELD, THERE WERE NO VIOLATIONS OF C V R A BECAUSE PLAINTIFFS FAILED TO PROVE THE CITIES AT LARGE SYSTEM DILUTED THE VOTING OF THE VOTES OF LATINOS.
THIS CASE HAS NOW PENDING FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT.
I HOPE, UH, SANTA MONICA IS SATISFIED WITH, UH, THE, THE COURT'S DECISION.
OUR, UH, CITY SHOULD FILE AN AMICUS BRIEF.
UH, THE NEXT ISSUE I'M CHANGING SUBJECT IS URGENT.
IT'S AN OFFICIAL ALLEGATION THAT TOXINS OF VARIOUS KINDS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN ALL OF THE COVID VACCINES, IN MASKS AND IN NASAL SWABS.
PLEASE ACT TO EDUCATE ALL TO HALT ALL VACCINES, MASKS, SWABS, TESTS IMMEDIATELY.
UH, THIS INFORMATION COMES FROM DS, UH, EVERYDAY CONCERNS.
CITIZEN WEBSITE, UH, NEWS REPORT NUMBER TWO, THOUSANDS OF DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS CALL BY PETITION FOR A HALT TO THE TOXIC COVID INJECTIONS, VACCINE MANDATES OF PHYSICIAN CENSORSHIP AND, AND URGE AGAINST, UH, VACCINATING OF CHILDREN.
UH, RAMA'S, UH, UH, SHOW NUMBER 1 33 DESCRIBES VACCINE DEATHS ARE BEING REPORTED AS COVID DEATHS BY OUR OFFICIAL VACCINE CULT.
PEOPLE AREN'T DYING FROM THE COVID.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE DYING FROM THE CURE, THE COVID CURE.
THEY'RE DYING FROM THE CURE, NOT THE COVID.
UH, SELF ASSEMBLING GRAPHING OXIDE, UH, NANOPARTICLES, WHICH ARE HIGHLY TOXIC CAUSE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS, COUGHING, HYPOXIA, BLOOD CLOTS, AND WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN FOUND BY
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ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND OPTICAL MICROSCOPY IN FLU VACCINES.SALINE, PFIZER MODERNA, ASTRAZENECA, J N J OV JABS ARE WOULD'VE CAUSED THE SYMPTOMS, UH, WHICH TYPIFY, UH, C 19, SAY, THESE RESEARCHERS AT LAQUINTA COLUMBUS, WHO BROKE THE STORY IN JUNE.
UH, THEY'RE PLAIN RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH, UH, CHILDREN WITH THESE VACCINES WHO ARE, WHO AREN'T EVEN AT RISK FROM THIS, UH, EXPERIMENTAL GENE THERAPY BIO WEAPON C 19 IS WIDELY BEING, UH, SEEN NOW BY SCIENTIFIC ANALYSTS TO BE A COVER OPERATION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF MESSENGER RNA GENE BASED VAES CONTAINING GRAPHING OXIDE AND DARPA HYDROGEL LIPID NANO NANOPARTICLES WITH REDUCED GRAPHING OXIDE FOR PURPOSES OF CHANGING THE HUMAN GENOME, TARGETING NEURONS, INSERTING, UH, UH, GRAPHING, NANO BIOSENSORS, CREATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, UH, HUMAN MACHINE NETWORKS AND MAKING HUMAN BRAIN CELLS CONDUCIVE TO EXTERNAL MANIPULATION WITH 5G ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION FOR BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL CONTROL OF ALL SURVIVING HUMANS.
EVANS IS IN THAT, THE JABS THEMSELVES AND THE, AND THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE IN MILITARY AND POLICY DOCUMENTS.
UH, THE ARTICLES POSTED, UH, HIGHLIGHT THE INFORMATION POINTING TO THIS SCENARIO AS BEING PRESENTED, UH, BY VARIOUS SCIENTISTS, BY THE ANALYSIS OF MANY SCIENTISTS.
THE, THE, THE FLU IS NOTHING BUT GRAPHING OXIDE AND RADIATION POISONING.
SARAH LOVE IS THE NEXT SPEAKER.
UH, HERE'S THE, HERE'S A COPY OF THIS STUFF BY, DO YOU NEED, I'M OKAY.
YOU GUYS KNOW THAT PROBLEM? ALL RIGHT.
UM, GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS.
UM, PROBABLY DON'T WANNA HEAR WHAT I HAVE TO SAY, BUT I'M GONNA SAY IT ANYWAYS.
UM, MY NAME IS SARAH LOVE, AKA THE PIRATE.
AND I'VE LIVED IN WEST COVINA SINCE 2004, BUT TONIGHT I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE VERY LARGE ELEPHANT WHO'S USUALLY IN THE ROOM.
UM, AND IT'S THE VILLAGE ELLIOT, WHO IS THE HUSBAND OF COUNCILWOMAN GINGER ELLIOTT, ROSARIO DIAZ OF THE THIRD DISTRICT.
UM, I JOINED SOME WEBSITE ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION, NOT EVEN NOTICING THE NAME.
AND MR. ELLIOTT WENT AFTER ME WITH A VENGEANCE.
HE PUT OUT ANOTHER LIST OF PEOPLE HE HATES, AND THIS IS THE THIRD LIST HE HAS ADDED ME TO.
AND IT'S CONCERNING THAT THIS PERSON COULD GET A CONCEALED CARRY.
UM, YOU CAN SEE WHY USUALLY THERE'S ONLY A FEW PEOPLE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SIT ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM.
UM, AND THIS BEHAVIOR REFLECTS ON YOU.
UM, THE THINGS HE SAYS ARE ATROCIOUS AND EMBARRASSING FOR OUR CITY AND VERY DAMAGING TO WEST COA.
SO THAT BEING SAID, I JOINED ALL THE WEBSITES FOR CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR COUNCIL.
I WANNA HEAR EVERYTHING THEY HAVE TO SAY.
UM, I NEED TO KNOW WHO'S SUPPORTING GASCON AND WHICH CANDIDATES ARE CHARLETONS FOR THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UNIONS, SO THAT YOUR HUSBAND'S BEHAVIORS INHIBITING WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR OUR CITY.
UM, YOU HAVE MADE SOME GOOD POINTS ABOUT CALIFORNIA TYRANNY, BUT NOBODY EVER THINKS ABOUT WHAT YOU SAY BECAUSE YOUR HUSBAND HOGS UP ALL THE DISCUSSIONS AND YOU BECOME IRRELEVANT.
UM, FOR THE REST OF YOU ON THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY SOMEONE HAS NOT PULLED HIM ASIDE AND TOLD HIM TO SHUT UP BECAUSE HE IS RUINING EVERYTHING.
LIKE MAYBE SOME PILLOW TALK TONIGHT WOULD BE WARRANTED.
MAYBE HE'S NOT HERE AND THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I BELIEVE IN FREE SPEECH.
BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT OUR COUNCIL MEMBER SHOULD BE SMART, UM,
SO I'M WORRIED ABOUT LEFT WING RADICALS WHO LOVE CRIME AND EMPLOYEE UNION CHARLATANS THAT WOULD TAX ME OUTTA MY HOUSE IF PROP 13 GOES.
SO, YOU KNOW, CALIFORNIA POLITICIANS ARE VERY POWERFUL AND HAVE LOTS OF MONEY, AND THEY'RE PROBABLY SALIVATING AT THE DOOR OF EACH DISTRICT AND WILL USE THIS TO EASILY GET A SPOT ON THE COUNCIL.
JUST WONDERING WHY YOU GUYS DON'T SEE IT.
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THANK YOU.AND DAVID, UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNS? OKAY.
WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A CORRECTION.
PEOPLE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT MY WIFE'S THE PRESIDENT OF OKAY.
AND THE C A A WC CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
UH, MY WIFE IS NOT THE PRESIDENT.
WELL, SINCE WE'RE GONNA MAKE SOME CORRECTIONS, I, WELL, ANGIE GILLINGHAM HAS LEFT, BUT DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN.
I THINK EVERYTHING SHE SAID WAS FALSE, BUT SHE'S NOT HERE TO BE CORRECTED, BUT ESPECIALLY, SHE MENTIONED THE, THE BOND, THE BONDS WE ISSUED FOR THE ENGINES, UM, DOESN'T TAKE, UM, MANY BRAIN CELLS TO RECALL THAT WE DID NOT CREATE THAT PENSION DEBT.
UM, AND SHE MENTIONED SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT DISTRICTS, WHICH WAS NONSENSE.
BUT ANYWAY, SHE'S NOT HERE TO BE CORRECTED.
SO, MR. CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU PLEASE RESPOND? GOOD EVENING, MARIN COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, I'LL TRY TO JUST BRIEFLY RESPOND TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAD QUESTIONS OF US.
UM, KATHY NAVARRO AND THE TEAM FROM PROJECT 29 11, WE APPRECIATE THE INVITATION TO THE, UM, BANQUET, AND I'LL SEE IF WE CAN COORDINATE AN RSVP LIST AND TO BE A PART OF THAT.
I, I KNOW WE MUCH VALUE YOUR GOOD WORKS, AND THANK YOU FOR IT.
UM, ROSA RIO, UM, TALKED ABOUT A WAY IN WHICH WE COULD TRY AND, UM, HONOR VICTIMS OF A VIOLENT CRIME AND OF CRIME.
I'M, I'M OPEN TO A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT THAT.
I'LL CALL YOU, I ASSUME IF YOU GAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER TO OUR CITY CLERK, AND I WILL, UM, CALL YOU.
PERHAPS WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION INITIALLY AND THEN MAYBE A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT SOME MEANINGFUL WAY TO, TO DO THAT.
I, I KNOW YOU'RE GRIEVING AND I KNOW AS A COMMUNITY, WE ARE GRIEVING TALK TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
THEY'RE ALL, UM, REALLY, REALLY BESET BY THIS.
IT'S A, A TRUE TRAGEDY FOR ALL OF US.
UM, ANGIE GILLINGHAM, I DON'T THINK SHE'S HERE.
SHE EXERCISED HER RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH AND TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF ISSUES.
I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THE PENSION BONDS JUST BRIEFLY TO SAY THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON THAT THE STATE AUDITOR FOCUSED SO MUCH ATTENTION, RIGHTFULLY ON WEST COVINA AND, AND OTHER CITIES IN TERMS OF THE UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY THAT HAS ACCUMULATED OVER THE YEARS.
WITH RESPECT TO OUR PENSION, UH, CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION, OUR PENSION BOND TRANSACTION, WE DIDN'T INCREASE THE DEBT.
WE WERE CARRYING THAT DEBT AT CALPERS, THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY OF SOME $204 MILLION.
BUT WE WENT AND GOT THE CITY RATED THROUGH STANDARD AND PORES TO AN A PLUS.
AND THEN WE WENT IN PRIVATE MARKETPLACE AND ISSUED, UM, MUNICIPAL BONDS AT A RATE OF 3.7199999999999998% WITH THE SAME TIME 10.
WE DIDN'T EXTEND THE TIME TERM.
UM, AND, AND SO DOING ACHIEVE FOR THE, FOR THE CITY, FOR THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COA NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS OF ABOUT 52 MILLION.
SO I, I THINK THAT WAS A SOLID TRANSACTION.
UM, ARMANDO HERMAN TALKED ABOUT SLAP A STRATEGIC LAWSUIT AGAINST PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
UM, WE'RE NOT ENGAGING IN THAT HERE, AND WE DEFEND PEOPLE'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND WE'RE APPRECIATIVE WHEN PEOPLE COME AND, AND TALK TO US AT THESE MEETINGS.
UM, I THANK YOU FOR KEEPING IT CIVIL TONIGHT.
UM, MR. GREENSPAN, UM, HAPPY TO BE BACK.
I, I BROUGHT BACK AS A SOUVENIR OF A LITTLE TRIP COVID, AND, UM, I WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T WISH THAT ON AN ENEMY.
I'M TELLING YOU, IT REALLY HITS HARD.
UM, I WAS VACCINATED AND BOOSTED, AND SO I DIDN'T GET HIT NEARLY AS HARD AS SO MANY, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A SERIOUS THING.
AND I'M WATCHED THE MEETING ON THE TELEVISION, BUT I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE IN PERSON.
GLAD TO BE BACK AT THE OFFICE.
UM, LC ASKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF CLOSE SESSION ITEMS. UM, WE, WE DO PUBLISH AN AGENDA FOR THOSE THAT ARE UP FOR COUNSEL CONSIDERATION AND DELIBERATION.
UM, THOSE TWO CASES YOU MENTIONED, UM, THE, THE WOODHORN CASE AND THE TAYLOR CASE ARE ACTIVE LITIGATION CASES.
THE DESIGNATED SPOKESMAN REGARDING STATUS OF THOSE CASES WOULD BE THE, THE CITY ATTORNEY.
BUT THOSE WEREN'T ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, AND I DON'T IMAGINE THEY WILL BE ON THE AGENDA IN THE, IN THE NEAR TERM FUTURE.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY CURRENT NEED FOR THE COUNCIL TO, TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
UM, ELSIE ASKED ABOUT, UM, TRANSTECH, I'M WELCOMED TO PROVIDE COPIES OF ALL THE INVOICES THAT WERE MENTIONED.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRM THAT HANDLES ALL OF THE CITY ENGINEERING ON A, UH, CONTRACTUAL
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BASIS.MUCH OF THEIR WORK THERE IS THE SECURING AND DELIVERING OF PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS AND THE FUNDING FOR THAT.
AND THERE ARE SOME ENGINEERING FEES ASSOCIATED WITH, BUT IT'S ALL A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD, AS IS THEIR WORKFORCE.
WITH RESPECT TO THE BUILDING AND SAFETY, IT'S A PERCENT OF THE FEES THEY DO THOSE SERVICES FOR, FOR, FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY.
IT'S A RELATIONSHIP THAT A NUMBER OF CITIES, MOST OF THE CITIES ARE FOLLOWING THESE DAYS RATHER THAN WITH IN-HOUSE STAFF.
AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING QUITE WELL FOR, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NEED OF BUILDING PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS, WHICH PERHAPS IS A GOOD WAY TO SEGUE INTO RALPH BELTRAN'S QUESTION.
OUR AS CITY MANAGER GAVE MY CARD, AND I WILL SEE TO IT THAT, THAT I CALL TOMORROW.
I, I'M, AS A RESIDENT, A CUSTOMER OF THAT EASTLAND SHOPPING CENTER.
AND WE WILL, UM, SEE TO IT THAT WE PUT BUILDING INSPECTOR EYES ON THAT OVERHANG.
UM, THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONGOING PROPERTY MAINTENANCE OF A, OF A BUILDING, A PRIVATE BUILDING, WHICH IS CONSTRUCTED REST WITH THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER.
I HOPE WE DON'T GET INTO A SUBSTANDARD BUILDING REHABILITATION PROCESS OR AN ENFORCEMENT PROCESS.
WE ALWAYS STRIVE FOR VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, BUT, UM, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL, UM, GETS OUT THERE AND GETS BACK TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO THOSE, THOSE BEAMS. UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT MR. SHOEMAKER HAD QUESTIONS FOR US TONIGHT, BUT I ALWAYS APPRECIATE PEOPLE COMING TO THESE MEETINGS.
UM, AS WITH, UH, MR. ROBINSON AND SARAH, LOVE, JUST THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, AS ALWAYS.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY.
AND JUST, UH, ONE MORE COMMENT, UH, FOR CORRECTION.
THIS COUNCIL DID NOT BACK THE TAX THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER.
AND ALSO REGARDING THE RAISES WE GAVE TO OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY.
THEY WERE WARRANTED, THEY WERE NECESSARY, THEY WERE OVERDUE.
AND I HAVE NO REGRETS ABOUT THAT.
AND OUR EMPLOYEES ARE OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET.
UH, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE COMMENTS.
SO I WAS GONNA SAY THAT THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU CITY MANAGER FOR CORRECTING, UM, ANGIE'S FALSE STATEMENT AND NARRATIVE THAT SHE TRIES TO CREATE.
UM, BUT THAT, SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT.
UM, ALSO IN REFERENCE TO, UH, ABBY'S MOM, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UH, WE ARE, SORRY AGAIN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UH, LAST YEAR I WAS IN ATTENDANCE, UM, ALONG WITH THE MAYOR OF LA WETE, UH, WHO, WHO KNOWS THE SITUATION AS WELL AS WE SHARE BOUNDARIES.
UM, AND, UH, MR. JOHN CARSON, WHO'S OUR, UH, WEST COA RESIDENT WHO ALSO LOST HIS DAUGHTER, UM, MURDERED, UH, WE WERE AT THE, UH, CANDLELIGHT VI VIGIL AT THE WEST COA COURTHOUSE FOR THE, UH, NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK.
UM, IT WAS HOSTED BY THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF MURDERED VICTIMS. IT'S THE F FMV WITH THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CHAPTER.
UM, WE ALSO HAD OUR WEST COVINA POLICE VICTIMS ADVOCATE THERE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.
UH, THERE WERE A VARIETY OF FAMILIES THERE, UM, WITH PHOTOS OF ALL THE VICTIMS IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY WHO, UH, HAD TO ENDURE THIS TRAGEDY.
SO, UH, IF DAVID, YOU COULD REACH OUT TO THE NATIONAL, UH, CRIME VICTIM'S, RIGHT? I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO HOST THAT HERE IN MEMORY OF GABBY ALONG WITH OTHER, UH, RESIDENTS WHO HAD TO ENDURE THIS AS WELL.
UM, ALONG WITH THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, BECAUSE WE ALL ARE JOINING IN WITH THAT.
SO IF YOU CAN REACH THAT, WE'LL DO SO TO THEM.
BUT, UH, SORRY AGAIN, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT GOING.
COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIDO AND COUNCILMAN, WE'LL GO AHEAD.
I THINK I AGREE WITH, UH, THE SPEAKER, THE GENTLEMAN TALKING ABOUT THE VAAL.
THE BEING AND THE REASON I THINK NOT TOO LONG AGO, UH, TEMPLE CITY HAVE A VERSA LAB.
OKAY? SO REALLY HAVE TO LOOK INTO, I WANNA THANK HIM AND TO TELL US, I THINK, PLEASE.
TOMORROW, IF YOU CAN HAVE OUR BUILDING SAFETY TO CHECK THE, THE, THE, THE STRUCTURE INTEGRITY.
WE, WE DON'T WANT ANY, SOMETHING HAPPEN LIKE TEMPLE CITY.
LUCKILY NOBODY GET HURT, OKAY? BUT THE ENTIRE, THE STREAM MODE, THEY ARE COLLAPSING INTO OKAY.
SO HOPEFULLY IT WON'T HAPPEN TO US.
THE SECOND THING REGARDING THE, REGARDING THE LZ, OKAY.
AND OUR RESIDENT TALK ABOUT, OKAY, THE FEE, UH, OKAY, WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANY STAFF.
OKAY? CURRENTLY ANYTHING WE RECEIVE 250,000 WE APPROVE ANY, ANYTHING THAT WE GOT THE PERME FEE, THE FEE COME TO THE CITY.
ANYTHING $250,000 CITY AUTOMATICALLY GET 50% OF THE, OF THE FEE.
ANYTHING MORE THAN $250,000, WE GET 60%.
ANYTHING MORE THAN 350, WE GET 65%.
SO BASICALLY CITY GET THE MAJORITY OF THE FEE
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THAT PEOPLE PAY, INCLUDING THE BUILDER, ANY OTHER DEVELOPER, THEY COME TO THE CITY THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY THE CITY.AND THAT REGARDING ENGINEER, AS I REMEMBER, OKAY, BEFORE, WE ONLY HAVE A ONE AND A HALF OR MAYBE ONLY HALF ENGINEER.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 10 ENGINEERED AND TRY TO GET A GRANT TO US, INCLUDING THE OLDER PARK, OKAY? DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK THE FINAL ALL GRANT, INCLUDING THE, UM, OKAY, THE FRANCHISE PARK, WE GOT A MILLION DOLLARS.
OKAY? AND LET IS TAKE, LOOKING FOR ALL WHAT WE CAN RECEIVE.
WE WANT TO IMPROVE ALL OUR PARK AND THE MONEY COMING IN FROM THE GRANT, FROM THE STATE PARK PROJECT.
AND I THINK THIS IS THE, WHAT WE WANT TO DO, GET MORE PROJECT TO THE CITY, GET ALL THE MONEY FROM THE GRAND FUND, THE STATE, AND WE WANT TO IMPROVE OUR PARK OR ANY OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
I, I THINK, UM, MAYBE WE CAN SEE SHOWING THE, WHETHER, HOW MUCH THE CITY RECEIVED AND WHAT'S THE PORTION SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THE CITY, HOW MUCH WE RECEIVE AND HOW MUCH WE PAY OUT SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WE RECEIVE MORE FEE.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD REGIMEN, I KIND OF THINKING ABOUT MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THE IN-HOUSE.
SO MAYBE WE CAN GET, SAVES TWO, $3 MILLION WE CAN KEEP OURSELF.
BUT AGAIN, WE WORRY ABOUT THE, THE, THE, THE PERFORMANCE IF YOU HIRE PEOPLE, AND THEN COULD WE GET THE SAME PERFORMANCE, 7 24 AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT PEOPLE KIND OF HAPPY RIGHT NOW.
SO HOPEFULLY, OKAY, WE GIVE THEM THREE STRIKE.
OKAY? IF THEY HAVE A THREE STRIKE, THEN WE WILL REPLACE THEM.
IF YOU HAVE A STAFF WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO, TO FIRE ANY YOUR STAFF.
BUT FOR THE CONTRACTOR, IF THEY DON'T DO THE RIGHT THING, WE CAN TERMINATE THEM WITH A 15 DAY OLD NOTICE.
SO THIS IS, PUT THEM ON THE LINE.
HOPEFULLY THEY CAN PROVIDE VERY GOOD SERVICE.
SO THIS IS MY PITCHING FOR ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ADDITIONS? SEEING
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
NONE, WE COULD MOVE ON TO THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.I DO HAVE A BRIEF REPORT TONIGHT AND I WILL, UM, UPDATE THE COUNCIL IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING.
UM, I WANTED TO JUST FOR MAKE MENTION OF THE, UM, RESILIENT WEST COVINA, WHICH WAS OUR STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, THE MAYOR'S ADDRESS, AND ALSO RECOGNITION FOR SOME REALLY GREAT WORK BY OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE GENERAL CITY HALL EMPLOYEES.
IT WAS KIND OF OUR ACADEMY AWARDS AND, UH, WE'VE GOT A REALLY GREAT TEAM AND IT WAS A VERY POSITIVE EVENING.
I APPRECIATE THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOUND THE TIME TO BE THERE AS WELL AS, UM, THE CITY FAMILY.
IT WAS A, A REALLY, REALLY NICE EVENING.
UM, WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE STATE OF THE CITY REPORT, 2021, THE ANNUAL REPORT IS AVAILABLE.
THERE'S A QR CODE ON THIS LITTLE, UM, STAND ON THE TABLE OUTSIDE.
AND IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE, AS IS THE RESILIENT, RESILIENT WEST COVEA SLIDES.
IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED AND WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT WERE THE CITY'S, UM, SNAPSHOT, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THE COUNCIL RECENTLY DIRECTED SOME CHANGES TO THE HOUSING PRESERVATION LOAN PROGRAM.
UM, THOSE NEW GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN, UM, PUT UP, THE LOAN AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN INCREASED.
UM, THERE'S SOME 0% INTEREST LOANS AND, AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE STARTED TO GET A LITTLE TRACTION ON THAT.
ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKED ABOUT HOW MANY INQUIRIES I THINK WE'VE HAD JUST NORTH OF A DOZEN SO FAR SINCE YOU ADOPTED THOSE NEW STANDARDS.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN BEGIN TO GET THOSE MONIES IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THEM.
UM, I WANTED TO MENTION SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THE CITY.
WE HAD A NUMBER OF, UM, COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE NEED TO BRING BACK THE DISCOVER MAGAZINE, UM, THAT IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE.
IF YOU GO TO THAT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
SEVERAL OF THE REGISTRATION OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE WITH CLICKABLE LINKS.
AND, UM, THE ENTIRE PRINTED VERSION OF THAT IS BEING DELIVERED TO THE POST OFFICE THIS WEEK.
IT'LL BE IN MAILBOXES IN PRETTY SHORT ORDER, BUT, UM, FOR THOSE THAT WANT AN EARLY LOOK, UM, AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
UM, WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE OF OUR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT ARE UP AND RUNNING.
WE'RE NOW, UM, OPEN REGISTRATION FOR YOUTH BASKETBALL FOR THE FALL.
PEOPLE WANNA FIND, UH, POSITIVE, UM, RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR YOUTH.
UM, THIS IS CERTAINLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, TO TAKE A LOOK IF IT FITS INTO YOUR CHILD'S, UM, LIFE AND, AND BUSY CALENDAR WITH THE, TO SIGN UP.
THAT REGISTRATION OF, UH, INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE'VE ANNOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR OCTOBER THE NINTH AT THE SPORTSPLEX.
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FLYER INTO, UM, THREE LANGUAGES.AND THOSE ARE ALL AVAILABLE AND, UH, AVAILABLE IMPRINT AND AVAILABLE ONLINE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HEALTH SCREENINGS ARE AVAILABLE FOR, FOR, FOR FREE, WHAT IMMUNIZATIONS ARE AVAILABLE, AND WHAT LOW COST HEALTH SCREENINGS ARE AVAILABLE.
WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE BEING, UM, ASSEMBLED FOR US BY, UM, DR.
HE'S REALLY, UM, DOING A GOOD JOB OF ENERGIZING A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.
OUR FIRE PREVENTION OPEN HOUSE IS COMING UP ON SATURDAY THE FIRST.
AND UM, ALSO THE KIWANIS CLUB IS HAVING A CAR TOBER FEST ON OCTOBER THE 15TH.
THERE'S LOTS OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES STARTING TO COME BACK TO LIFE, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, UM, PARTICIPATE IN THOSE THINGS.
WE'VE GOT SOME BUSINESS EVENTS COMING.
UM, THE TEMPLE BAR URBAN EATS RESTAURANT IS HAVING AN OPENING ON, UM, THURSDAY THE 22ND AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
UM, THIS IS, UM, UH, A NEW RESTAURANT IN TOWN AND AND WE WELCOME THEM.
WE'RE GLAD TO SEE THEM, UM, FINALLY ABLE TO OPEN THEIR DOORS.
THEY'VE WORKED HARD TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE GROCERY OUTLET, UM, ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 30TH, UH, BETWEEN 10:00 AM AND 3:00 PM WE'RE CANCELING THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR LACK OF AGENDA ITEMS ON SEPTEMBER 27TH.
UM, I WOULD REMIND PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING THEIR PET LICENSE.
THERE'S AN AMNESTY PERIOD, THOSE THAT WANNA ECONOMICALLY, UM, REVIEW THEIR PET LICENSES.
WE'RE WAVING THE LATE FEES FOR THAT AND, UH, PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO GET THEIR DOGS, UM, AND CATS, UH, LICENSE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IN THIS ROOM NEEDS A REMINDER THAT WE'RE HAVING A MUNICIPAL ELECTION THIS YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS OF LATE ABOUT THOSE FLOWERS OF DEMOCRACY.
THE CAMPAIGN SIGNS, UM, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION IS, UH, REMOVING FROM THE UTILITY POLLS AND FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS, THOSE THAT DON'T BELONG THERE.
UM, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER MYLAN, IS, UM, BRINGING THOSE INTO CITY HALL AND WILL RETURN THOSE TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE OWNERS OF THEM, HOPEFULLY TO RETURN TO USE, BUT, UM, IN A PLACE THAT IS IN A, IS IN A PUBLIC SPACE.
AND FINALLY, UM, TODAY, THIS NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY.
SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING ANYONE WHO ISN'T REGISTERED TO VOTE OR AREN'T SURE IF THEY'RE REGISTERED TO VOTE TO, UM, GO ONLINE AND, AND CONFIRM THAT, AND TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, UM, IN OUR DEMOCRACY.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
UH, WE HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, COUNCILMAN'S ABOUT WAY, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, I WAS HEARTENED TO SEE, UH, THAT THE, THE HEALTH FAIR FLYERS ARE BEING TRANSLATED.
UH, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A REQUEST OF MINE FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
SO IS, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN ANTICIPATE WITH, UM, UH, IMPORTANT, UH, MESSAGES FROM, FROM THE CITY THAT WE WOULD HAVE, UH, TRANSLATIONS IN, UH, OUR THREE MAJOR LANGUAGES HERE IN WEST COVINA, BUT THROUGH THE CHAIR? I WOULD QUALIFY THAT AS A ASPIRATIONAL GOAL.
THAT WAS A, A LITTLE BIGGER PROJECT THAN I HAD EXPECTED, BUT, UM, IT WAS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO MAKE HAPPEN.
I KNOW YOU HAD EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THAT, AND I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU WE ACHIEVED IT FOR THIS EVENT.
I'M NOT READY TO COMMIT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THEM IMMEDIATELY, BUT I, I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT SO I WILL TRY, UH, THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
WELL, OH, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
YOU'RE THE, I JUST NO, YOU'RE, YOU'RE FINE.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ANNOUNCE EXCITING NEWS THAT'S ACTUALLY DELIVERED TO OUR INBOXES AT 4:27 PM TONIGHT.
SO THAT IS WHY, UH, MR. CARMIN DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ANNOUNCE IT, BUT WE WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC, UM, THAT WE WERE, UM, NOTIFIED THAT WE WERE AN AWARDED A $90,000 GRANT THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL, WHICH IS A STATE AGENCY.
SO WE WILL BE ABLE, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH, UM, A ORGANIZATION CALLED MERCURY ORBIT MUSIC, AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE INNOVATIVE MUSIC CLASSES AND PROGRAMS THROUGH OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A PRESS RELEASE.
UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THIS, THIS HAPPY NEWS, AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING MORE WITH THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE COMMUNION AS A WHOLE.
SO, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME MAKE THAT INTERRUPTION AND SHARE THIS NEWS.
LET'S MAKE SOME MUSIC SUPERSTARS.
COUNCILMAN WILL, UH, I I WANT TO THANK THE SEASON CITY MANAGER, ROSEANNE.
THEN TO WORK WITH, UH, UH, THE MUSICIAN, THE, OKAY.
AND TRY TO BRING THIS GRANT TO THE CITY BECAUSE I THINK MUSIC IS SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR
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CHILDREN, AND ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF SCHOOL DOESN'T HAVE A MUSIC PROGRAM, SO HOPEFULLY THIS $90,000 GRANT CAN HELP A LOT OF CHILDREN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM OKAY.FOR THEM TO HAVE, UH, SOME KIND OF MUSIC TRAINING.
AND I HOPE THE CITY CAN CONTINUE TO PURSUE ANY GRANT.
TO HELP OUR YOUTH TO HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, ART PERFORMANCE, UH, TV PRODUCTION AND ETCETERA, ET CETERA.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN THIS WOULD BE EFFECTIVE OR WHEN MUSIC CLASSES WOULD START? PROGRAMMING WOULD BEGIN WINTER, OR I DON'T BELIEVE WINTER IS QUITE THE TIME YET.
WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE RECEIVE THAT FUNDING.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY SCHEDULED A MEETING FOR NEXT WEEK, UM, TO HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE ROLLOUT, UM, AS WELL AS TO DOT OUR I AND CROSS OUR T'S BECAUSE WE ARE AWARDED THIS GRANT, WE DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HOLD UP OUR END OF THE BARGAIN AND THAT WE MEET, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GRANT SO THAT WE CAN BE, UM, RESPONSIBLE PARTNERS.
IT'S NOT ONLY OUR RESIDENTS, BUT TO THE STATE AGENCY AS WELL.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? COUNCILMAN ABOUT TO BUY? YES.
I WAS GONNA PULL THE SAME THING BUT IT, OKAY.
SO WE, WE GOT TWO REQUESTS FOR PULLING NUMBER NINE, SO WE'LL PULL NINE.
AND DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT? I'LL, I'LL MOVE, I'LL SECOND.
BEFORE ROLL CALL, I HAVE, UH, AN ORDINANCE TITLE TO READ INTO THE RECORD.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 5 1.
IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING ARTICLE SEVEN PURCHASES AND SALES OF CHAPTER TWO, ADMINISTRATION OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TE DIAZ AND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIDO TO APPROVE CONSENT.
CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT.
[9) CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENTS WITH UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., TO IMPLEMENT AN ON-DEMAND RIDE HAILING PILOT PROGRAM]
NINE.UM, COUNCILMAN TOBA TO BUY HELP.
YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR HOW DO YOU WANNA, YEAH.
UH, I JUST, UH, WANTED, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, SO, UH, AS FAR AS THE, THE UBER, UH, CHARGES, UM, IT, IT ISN'T, WE, WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A FLAT RATE SCHEDULE, RIGHT? IT, IT, WE IT'S UBER STILL CHARGES BASED ON THEIR, THEIR ALGORITHM.
SO, SO THOSE CHARGES ARE GONNA FLUCTUATE.
UH, AND SO WE, WE WOULDN'T, WOULD WE HAVE A WAY, UH, TO SEE IF, IF UBER WAS IN INFLATING THEIR, THEIR, THEIR COST TO, TO THE CITY BE BECAUSE IT'S BEING SUBSIDIZED IN, IN WHAT? COMPARATIVE ONLY WAY COMPARATIVE TO BE, UM, CONSTANT OR RANDOM MONITORING.
SO, AND COMPARING IT TO, UH, ANOTHER, ANOTHER PROVIDER, I GUESS.
WELL, NO, I THINK THE METHOD WOULD BE TRYING TO, TRYING TO HAIL A RIDE FOR, FOR SOME, FOR ONE OF OUR SENIORS UTILIZING IT THIS MOMENT.
ACTUALLY, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, RIGHT? THAT, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONCERN.
INDEPENDENT CONTROLS COMPARE WITH YEAH.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, KIND OF LIKE A CONTROL.
SO JUST HAVE HAVING TWO FOLKS BOOK A RIDE AT THE SAME TIME.
AND BECAUSE THE OTHER, THE SENIORS PART OF THE SYSTEM, YOU MIGHT SEE A DIFFERENCE IS THAT, THAT THAT'S THE CONCERN.
THAT'S CONCERN WITH WITHOUT, UM, HAVING ACCESS TO HOW THEY, THEY, THEY CHARGE AND, AND HOW THEY MAKE DECISIONS ON THE FLUCTUATION OF COST, UH, AS, AS, AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, A FLAT RATE.
UM, AND SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE, UM, MY MAJOR CONCERN THAT I CONTINUE TO HAVE WITH THIS.
AND YOU ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE TO REQUEST THE RIDE.
YOU COULD SEE THE COST BEFORE ACTUALLY SELECTING SALES.
SO WE C CAN AND SHOULD IMPLEMENT THAT SAFETY METRIC MEASURE.
I THINK LAST TIME WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THE USER PAY $3 AND CD PAY $17 UP TO $20 A, WE CAN LAST LONGER TO HAVE THIS BUDGET TO HELP OLDER SENIOR, AND ONLY 65
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USER AND OLDER CAN ORDER THIS THING.THEN WE WANT THEM TO, UH, REGISTER THIS SERVICE.
AND THE SAME TIME I THINK CD MANAGER OR CD STAFF NEED TO NEGOTIATE WITH UBER OR LYFT TO MAKE SURE.
WHAT IS THE, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IF WHEN YOU BOOK THERE, WE TELL YOU HOW MUCH YES.
SO THE SO MEANING, OKAY, THE, THE UBER HEADQUARTER OR THE SYSTEM, WE TELL YOU HOW MUCH WILL COST YOU.
SO IT'S NOT THE PERSON DRIVING THE CAR.
WE TELL YOU THEY CHECK UP THE PRICE SO EVERYTHING'S AUTOMATIC AND THEN HAVE A RECORD.
SO, SO, SO MEANING WHAT? OKAY.
YOU NEED TO REALLY NEGOTIATE AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND.
THIS, IF THIS IS GOOD, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS.
I THINK A LOT OF SENIOR RESIDENT AND CURRENTLY HAVE AN ISSUE TO DRY AND THEY LIVE ALONE.
I TALKED TO QUITE A FEW AND THEY, THEY WANT, OKAY.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE THIS SYSTEM RIGHT AWAY, PUT OUT FOR THEM SO WE CAN HAVE THIS TEST DRIVE TO SEE HOW HE COME OUT.
A LOT OF SENIOR, WE CAN HELP THEM, ALLOW THEM THEIR KIDS LIVING OKAY.
SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ASK FOR THEIR NEIGHBOR, SOMEBODY TO TRY THEM.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS UBER CAN HELP THEM OKAY.
THEY CAN MOVE BOAT AROUND THE CITY.
SO MOST OF THEM, THEY THINK THEY'RE IN THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
LET'S GO TO SEE THE DOCTOR OR GO TO THIS GROCERY STORE TO PICK UP SOME OF THE FEW.
IF IT TOO EXPENSIVE, MAYBE WE CAN EVEN LOWER THOSE $3 TO $1.
KEEP, KEEP, WE, WE, WE TRY TO FINE TO, TO MAKE SURE THE SENIOR CAN BE HELP.
RESPOND AND JUST SAY THAT WE, WE DID BUILD THOSE CRITERIA TO THE, UH, REVISION, THE, THE, UH, $3 RIDE, THE MAXIMUM $20 AND, AND, UH, 65 AND OVER EVERY, OPEN THAT UP TO EVERYBODY.
HOW, HOW WE REACH ALL THOSE PEOPLE NEED HELP.
BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM, THEY DON'T USE FACEBOOK, THEY DON'T USE INTERNET.
CAN WE, CAN WE, CAN YOU ON THE PHONE CALL REACH THEM? HOW CAN WE REACH ALL THIS SENIOR RESIDENT? THEY NOT SAVVY WITH THE COMPUTER.
CAN WE HAVE A WAY TO HELP THEM TO, TO SIGN UP OR TO BOOK ARRIVE TO SIGN UP TO HELP THEM HOW TO, YES.
HELP THEM TO REGISTER THE, THE APP.
BECAUSE AGAIN, THEN HOW, HOW WE HELP THEM TO, THEY ORDER THROUGH THE CITY OR THEY HAVE TO, TO, TO DO THE APP.
ALLOW THEM DON'T HAVE A SMART PHONE.
SO, SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO FIND A SYSTEM.
WE, WE HAVE A GOOD INTENTION, BUT, BUT THE TECHNOLOGY SOMETIMES STOP PEOPLE, RIGHT? CAN YOU FIND A WAY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THOSE PEOPLE CAN BE, CAN YOU DO MARKETING AND SOME TRAINING AS WELL? AND, UH, WE, I THINK WE'D PLAN TO ESTABLISH SOME CALL CENTER TYPE OF THINGS.
PEOPLE WOULD CALL IN AND WE, WE COULD CALL CENTER THE RIDE FOR THEM.
CALL CENTER MAY BE A BETTER WAY TO DO IT, THAT THEY, THEY LIKE TO USE THE PHONE.
SO CALL CENTER AND CALL CENTER, SEND UBER THAN WE DOING THE BUILDING.
WE CD PAID THE DIFFERENT $17 OR MORE.
SO MAYBE WE CAN FIND A WAY THEY, THEY LIKE TO USE PHONES SO THEY NOT STOP FOR EMAIL OR ANYTHING.
SO POSSIBLE ON THE PHONE WOULD BE A BETTER WAY TO REACH THEM MM-HMM.
THEY TRY TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO UTILIZE.
AND COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, VIDO, ANY QUESTIONS YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? UH, YES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK.
UM, IT'S SIX MONTHS OR UNTIL THE FUNDS RAN OUT, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THEN, UM, IF IT, IF IT GOT SO POPULAR THAT, UH, THE FUNDS RAN OUT, WE WOULD PROBABLY COME BACK AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
I JUST WANTED TO, AND THEN, UM, IF THE SENIORS, WHEN THEY'RE REGISTERING, THEY REGISTER WITH THE CITY TO GET THE VOUCHER AND YOU GUYS ARE VERIFYING THEIR AGE OR HOW DO NO, HOW DO THEY SET IT UP? THEY NEED TO HAVE A, UH, NEED TO HAVE AN UBER ACCOUNT.
SO, UM, THEY, THEY WOULD SIGN UP WITH US, THEY WOULD VERIFY THE AGE AND, UH, THEY'D NEED AN EMAIL ADDRESS AND AN UBER ACCOUNT.
THEY WOULD BE EMAILED BY UBER.
ONCE THEY RESPOND TO THAT, THERE'S A BUSINESS ACCOUNT THAT IS, IS TIED TO THEIR UBER ACCOUNT.
SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S HOW THE SYSTEM WOULD RECOGNIZE, WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT THEY'D NEED TO HAVE A CREDIT CARD ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACCOUNT, OR A DEBIT CARD OR, OR A PREPAID CARD OR UBER CASH.
THEY'D NEED TO HAVE SOME FORM OF
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PAYMENT TIED TO THEIR ACCOUNT FOR IT TO BE ABLE TO WORK.AND IS THERE A DAY AND TIME FOR THE SENIORS TO HAVE LIKE, THEIR PHONE SET UP? LIKE IF THEY'VE NEVER DONE UBER BEFORE, IS THERE GONNA BE A CLASS OR SOMEBODY TO HELP SET UP THEIR PHONE TO CREATE THIS UBER? YEAH.
UH, WE WOULD WORK THROUGH THAT, WORK WITH UBER TO, UM, DO SOME TRAINING.
WE, WE JUST MENTIONED POSSIBLE USE, USE THE PHONE, THE CALL DIFFICULT FOR SENIORS, MOST OF THEM, MOST OF THEM THEY DON'T USE SMARTPHONE, I GUARANTEE I WOULD.
AND, AND THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE A SMART PHONE, CUZ UBER'S ONLY FOR SMART COSENT POSSIBLY.
IS THERE OTHER ALTERNATIVES? THAT'S, WELL THEN I THINK THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE DIALER AIDE, BUT FOR ANYONE WHO DOES HAVE ACCESS TO A SMARTPHONE, THERE ARE DOZENS OF UBER TRAINING VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE.
SO IF WE COULD GUIDE THEM THERE, OR AS YOU KNOW, KELLY AND TONY MENTIONED CALL CENTER.
SHE, SHE USES UBER QUITE OFTEN.
SO, SO IT'S PROBABLY TOUGH AT FIRST, BUT YOU, BUT SHE FIGURED IT OUT RIGHT THEN.
WE HAD SET IT UP ON HER OWN, A SMALL PHONE.
WE, I, I MEAN IN THE OFFICES I'M FAMILIAR WITH, UM, MEDICAL ONES.
I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN SHOCKED BY HOW MANY PATIENTS USE UBER, EVEN A 90 YEAR OLD.
UM, SO I THINK IT CAN BE DONE RIGHT.
THE, THE FOLKS THAT I'VE TALKED TO WHO, WHO WERE INTERESTED, WHO EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM ORIGINALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE USERS OF THEIR SMARTPHONE.
UM, OR THE ONES THAT, UH, MV HAD REACHED OUT TO, THEY HAD CARETAKERS WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP THEM OUT.
SO THEY CAN TAKE LOAN, RIGHT? YES.
OKAY, SO THEY CAN THE CARE PERSON, SOMEONE ALONG WITH THEM.
UBER WOULD CONSIDER THAT A SHARED RIDE.
OH, SO IT WILL BE THE SAME RATE? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? UH, ONE LAST QUESTION.
UM, ARE THE VOUCHERS EASY TO USE AND UNDERSTAND, OR HOW DOES IT AUTOMATICALLY CREDIT ON THE ACCOUNT OR IT'S, IT'S AUTOMATIC TO THE ACCOUNT? THERE'S NO, THERE NO VOUCHER, NO EXCHANGE OF ANYTHING.
IT'S JUST TIED TO THE ACCOUNT AND THE, UH, THE SUBSIDY WOULD, WOULD HIT THE ACCOUNT.
AND WE WOULD GET A BILL AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL SECOND UP THE SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ VIDO AS SECOND BY MAY.
APPROACH HIM DIAZ FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE.
COUNCIL ME COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.
[10) TRANSIT SERVICE EVALUATION]
US TO ITEM NUMBER 10 UNDER DEPARTMENTAL REGULAR MATTERS, UM, TRANSIT SERVICE EVALUATION.THIS MATTER CONCERNS THE EVALUATION OF THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
UH, THIS EVENING I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT, INCLUDING THE, UH, HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF THE RIDERSHIP DATA THAT'S BEEN COLLECTED FOR THE MONTHS OF APRIL THROUGH JUNE.
UH, DO A QUICK REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED OPTIONS, AND AS A PART OF THAT REVIEW, PROVIDE SOME, UH, IMPROVED MAP IMAGES AND, UH, OFFER A CLARIFICATION REGARDING MICRO TRANSIT.
AND, UH, FINALLY TOUCH ON THE RECENT ADDITIONAL OUTREACH EFFORTS.
NOW FOR REFERENCE, UH, THE CITY CURRENTLY OPERATES THREE ROOTS, UH, RED, BLUE, AND GREEN.
UH, THE RED AND BLUE LINES ARE LOOPING ROUTES THAT, UH, HAVE A SINGLE VEHICLE OPERATING ON THEM AT A TIME.
THE, UH, GREEN LINE HAS TWO VEHICLES BIDIRECTIONAL, AND, UH, IT, THE LINE, AS YOU CAN SEE, KIND OF LOOPS ON ITSELF.
SO WE KIND OF CONSIDER THAT TWO SEGMENTS A NORTH AND A SOUTHBOUND.
UH, IN LATE MARCH, MV DRIVERS STARTED COLLECTING, UH, RIDERSHIP DATA BY LINE AND BY TRIP.
UH, ATTACHMENT FOUR INCLUDE SUMMARY DATA FOR THE QUARTER RUNNING APRIL THROUGH JUNE.
UH, THE CHARTS ON THE ATTACHMENT SHOW THE AVERAGE WEEKDAY ON AND OFFS BY STOP, AS WELL AS AVERAGE WEEKDAY BOARDINGS BY TRIP FOR EACH OF THE ALIGNMENTS.
UH, THE SUMMARY TABLE ON THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE AVERAGE WEEKLY, OR I'M SORRY, AVERAGE MONTHLY AND DAILY RIDERSHIP BY LINE, AS WELL AS THE AVERAGE BOARDINGS BY TRIP.
UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE BUSIEST STOPS AS WELL AS THE BUSIEST TRIP TIMES.
ATTACHMENT FOUR SHOWS ALL OF THE STOPS IN A ROUTE IN A PARTICULAR ROUTE, AS WELL AS THE TRIP TIMES.
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UM, BECAUSE THIS IS A SUMMARY WE JUST TOOK THE, UH, HIGHEST AND, UH, IN EACH OF THESE CASES, AND IT TELLS YOU WHAT YOU WOULD KIND OF EXPECT TO SEE.THE RIDERSHIP IS DRIVEN BY THOSE GOING TO SCHOOL, UM, SHOPPING AND, AND CONNECTIONS TO FOOTHILL MOVING FORWARD, DID THEY PROPOSE SERVICE OPTIONS? UM, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN, UH, THESE THREE OPTIONS IS THE, THE WEIGHT THAT THE, UM, BUS SERVICES DELIVERED.
UM, IN OPTION ONE, THERE'S AN ALIGNMENT OF THE, THE CURRENT SHUTTLE LINES.
OPTION THREE, THERE'S MICRO TRANSIT THROUGHOUT THE, UH, CITY.
AND OPTION TWO IS A, A MIX OF THAT.
ALL THE OPTIONS HAVE A FORM OF DIAL AIDE.
UM, AND I'LL HAVE A FORM OF THE CUSTOM SERVICES THAT'S THE, UH, OFFSITE SHUTTLES AND THINGS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.
AND TWO OF THE THREE OPTIONS HAVE THE WEEKEND, UH, DOWNTOWN SHUTTLE.
NOW, OPTION ONE, UH, REPLACES THE RED, THE CURRENT RED AND BLUE LOOP WITH THE, UH, EAST WEST, WITH AN EAST, WEST CROSS TOWN LINEAR ALIGNMENT, UH, TWO VEHICLES ON THIS, UH, PATHWAY.
AND, UH, WANTED TO PROVIDE A BETTER, UH, SNAPSHOT THAN THAT WE HAD.
BUT PREVIOUSLY, UM,
AND, UH, THIS IS THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT TO VEHICLES ON THIS AS WELL.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED, UH, REALIGNMENT, UH, COMBINED.
NOW, OPTION TWO IS THE, THE HYBRID THAT WOULD, UH, MAINTAIN A, UH, OR WOULD KEEP THE REALIGNED, UH, RED, BLUE, THIS RED LINE HERE THAT YOU SEE HERE.
AND, UH, REPLACE THE GREEN LINE WITH, UM, MICRO TRANSITS AND MICROT TRANSITS AND SUBSIDIZED, UH, RIDE HAILING OR, OR TRANSIT NETWORK COMPANIES SUCH AS UBER AND LYFT.
I WANT TO MAKE A DISTINCTION, UM, BETWEEN THE TWO.
MICROT TRANSITS IS, UM, KIND OF SITS BETWEEN THE FIXED ROUTE AND, AND THESE TNCS, UBER AND LYFT, UM, IN THAT THEY DON'T RUN A ROUTE, PER SE.
PEOPLE BOOK RIDES AND, UH, THROUGH DYNAMIC ROUTING, UM, IT'S TECH ENABLED RIDE SHARING IS REALLY WHAT IT IS.
AND YOU MAY HAVE, UM, MAY HAVE SEEN THESE BLUE VANS UP IN THE CORNER AROUND LA COUNTY.
THAT'S A METROS, UM, PILOT PROGRAM CALLED METRO MICRO.
THEY HAVE EIGHT ZONES THROUGHOUT LA COUNTY, THE, UH, WORK AGE GEO FENCE ZONE.
AND, UH, PEOPLE CAN BOOK RIDES THROUGH A DEDICATED APP FOR, FOR A DOLLAR PER RIDE.
AND SO, METRO, UH, CONTRACTED A COMPANY THAT PROVIDES A SOFTWARE AND THE VEHICLES, THE DRIVERS OR, OR EMPLOYEES OF METRO.
AND SO THEY, THEY'RE, UH, VETTED AND, AND, UH, EMPLOYED BY METRO.
SO THAT GIVES FOLKS I THINK A A LITTLE MORE LEVEL OF COMFORT WHILE, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE IN THE, UH, TNC, UBER AND LYFT.
UM, SOME FOLKS HAVE EXPRESSED RESERVATIONS ABOUT JUMPING INTO A, A STRANGERS VEHICLE.
SO, AND ALSO WITH THE UBER AND LYFT, THERE ARE AGE REQUIREMENTS, 18 YEARS AND OLDER FOR, FOR, UM, SOMEONE TO RIDE ALONE.
AND I BELIEVE THE, UM, METRO MICRO PROGRAM HAS, UH, UH, HAS A LESSER AGE, I'M SORRY, I WANNA SAY 13, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
UH, BUT THAT WOULD ENABLE FOLKS TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOL AND, AND SO FORTH.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS HOW IT WORKS.
THEY ALL WORK KIND OF THE SAME.
YOU, YOU REQUEST A REQUEST A RIDE BY PHONE APP OR, OR, UM, THE WEB.
THERE'S SOME, UH, AND SHARE, UH, RIDE SHARING BASED ON THE ALGORITHMS. AND, UH, DROPPED OFF.
IT'S ON DEMAND AND CURB TO CURB.
SO THE SERVICE AREA FOR THIS PROPOSED OPTION WOULD BE SOUTH OF, UH, CAMERON AVENUE AND EAST OF GLENORA, UM, SOUTH, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE CITY LIMIT.
AND OPTION THREE WOULD REPLACE THE, UH, FIXED ROUTE SHUTTLES WITH ON-DEMAND, UH, MICRO TRANSITS AND SUBSIDIZED, UH, TNC.
THE DIAL RIGHT IS MENTIONED AS, UH, IS KEPT THROUGHOUT ALL THE OPTIONS.
UH, TWO AND THREE HAVE EXPANDED HOURLY SERVICES.
IT'S NECESSARY TO, TO KEEP THE SERVICE TO COMPLY WITH ADA AS WELL AS, UH, TITLE SIX OF THE, UM, OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT AND JUST MAKE THOSE PUBLIC SERVICES AVAILABLE EQUALLY.
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UH, THE WEEKENDER SHUTTLES INCLUDED IN OPTIONS ONE AND TWO, AND THAT WOULD BE A, A SHUTTLE THAT GOES BETWEEN KEY DESTINATIONS ON FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.AND THE, UH, CUSTOM SERVICES, UM, SHUTTING BETWEEN, SAY THE, UM, THE SPORTS PLAQUES AND FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS AND SO FORTH, THAT'S INCLUDED ACROSS ALL THE, ALL THE OPTIONS, ALL THREE OF THE OPTIONS.
SO AGAIN, THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IS, THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE THREE OPTIONS IS IN THE DELIVERY OF THE, UH, NON SPECIALIZED MASS TRANSIT BUS SERVICE.
SO, STAFF NOT FEEDBACK ON THESE OPTIONS.
A UH, SHORT ONLINE SURVEY THAT WAS CREATED TO GAUGE THE PREFERENCES REGARDING THE THREE OPTIONS WAS LAUNCHED AT THE END OF JULY, UH, MARKETED AT THE LAST COUPLE OF SUMMER CONCERTS IN THE FILM FESTIVAL AS POSTED AT CITY FACILITIES ON THE SHUTTLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, RECENTLY IT'S, UM, BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE, UH, DISCOVER AND WILL GO BE MAILED OUT TO EVERYBODY, SOUNDS LIKE THIS WEEK.
AND, UH, WE'D REACHED OUT RECENTLY TO THE, UH, COLONY AT THE LAKES AND TORY PINES AND MANAGEMENT THERE TO SEE IF THEY WOULD DISTRIBUTE, UH, THE INFORMATION.
I ALSO VISITED, UH, MERRILL GARDENS AND, UM, HERITAGE PARK VILLAS AND ASK THE MANAGEMENT IF THEY WOULD DISTRIBUTE INFORMATION.
THEY WERE VER THEY AGREED AND, UH, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE UBER PROGRAM AS WELL.
UM, ATTACHMENT TO INCLUDES THE SURVEY RESPONSES THROUGH, I BELIEVE IT'S, UM, THE 12TH.
UM, AND WHAT, WHAT I'M SHOWING HERE IS AS OF, UH, TODAY, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN 45 RESPONDERS RESPONSES.
AND OF THE 34 ASKED, ANSWERED THE INITIAL QUESTION, 23 OF 'EM PREFERRED THE ALIGNMENT OF THE, UH, SHUTTLE ROUTES.
THREE, THREE PREFERRED THE, THE HYBRID.
AND, UH, EIGHT PREFERRED THE DEDICATED, UH, OR THE, THE MICROT TRANSITS VERSION.
ANOTHER ATTEMPTED OUTREACH WAS A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL MEETING THAT WAS CONDUCTED IN O ON AUGUST 18TH.
IT'S MARKETED SIMILARLY TO THE, UH, COMMUNITY SURVEY.
IT'S ATTENDED BY SEVEN RESIDENTS AND, UH, REPRESENTATIVES OF, UH, MV AND UBER WHO, WHO SAT BACK AND LISTENED.
UH, IT'S ABOUT A, A TWO HOUR MEETING WITH DISCUSSION AND, UH, PRESENTATION.
UH, SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED WERE CONCERNS FOR SAFETY, AND THAT WAS AGAIN, REGARDING THE TNCS FOR, FOR CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY AND CONCERNS RELATIVE TO SERVICE AND OUTREACH TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
UH, RELUCTANCE OF IS MENTIONED, UH, THE ELDERLY TO USE AN APP BASED SERVICE AND DESIRE FOR WEEKEND SERVICE AND, AND, UH, CONCERN THAT GIVEN THE CURRENT LOW RIDERSHIP THAT CHANGING THE SERVICE DELIVERY MIGHT NOT RESULT IN AN INCREASE.
UM, AND ALSO THERE WAS A SUGGESTION TO OPERATE SHUTTLES DURING PEAK TIMES AND, UH, CITYWIDE MICRO TRANSIT DURING EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS.
UM, YOU'LL RECALL THAT WE DID, UH, THAT THE CONSULTANT CONDUCTED A SURVEY AT THE END OF, UH, 21 IN EARLY 22, WHERE WE HAD 550 UH, RESPONSES.
AND, UH, OVER A THIRD OF THOSE EXPRESSED THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE AN ON-DEMAND RIDE HAILING, UH, SERVICE.
SO ALL SORTS OF, UH, ALL SORTS OF, UH, PREFERENCES.
WE DID FINALLY REACH OUT TO THE THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT SERVED THAT SERVE WEST COVINA.
WE MET WITH THE WEST COVINA UNIFIED ON, UH, AUGUST 24TH AND COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED ON THE 25TH.
UH, BOTH DISTRICTS WERE AGREEABLE TO, UH, DISTRIBUTING A LINK, UH, TO A SURVEY OF HIGH SCHOOL, OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
HOWEVER, UH, AS OF THE END OF LAST WEEK, THE SURVEY HAS NOT GONE OUT, THOUGH THE INTENT IS TO, UH, TO DISTRIBUTE THAT.
AND, UH, WE'VE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL, UH, CONNECTING WITH ROLAND.
THEY'RE ONE OF OUR BIGGEST, UM, BIGGEST USERS ON THE GREEN LINE PARTICULARLY.
UH, SO WEST, THE REPS FROM WEST COVINA EXPRESSED THAT, UH, THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ELIMINATION, THE REALIGNMENT OF THE BLUE LINE, THAT IT MISSES THE NORTHWEST, UH, PORTION OF THE CITY THAT, UH, SERVED BY THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT.
UM, THIS, UH, PORTION HERE THAT THEY'RE TALKING REFERRING TO, UM, ALSO EXPRESS THAT SHUTTLE SERVICES PREFERRED TO MICRO TRANSITS SERVICE DUE TO THE IMPACT ON, UH, ON TRAFFIC ON ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES AT THE SCHOOLS.
IT CAN BE PRETTY BUSY AND EX EXPRESSED AN INTEREST, UH, IN A SHUTTLE TO THE BALDWIN PARK METRO STATION FOR FACULTY AND, UH, OTHER LOCAL EMPLOYERS, UH, COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED EX EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE, UM, IN THIS, THE RED LINE ALIGNMENT, UM,
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THAT IT, OR THE ALIGNMENT OF THE SHUTTLE CURRENTLY MISSING THE, UH, COVINA HIGH AND SOUTH HILLS HIGH, REQUESTED THAT THE CITY CONSIDER MODIFYING THE, UH, CURRENT GREEN LINE ALIGNMENT TO, UH, COME EAST TO FROM CITRUS TO BARCA TO, TO, UH, CAPTURE SOUTH HILLS IN THAT ROUTE.IF WITHOUT ROLLING UNIFIED, THIS SURVEY IS A MAJOR, UH, FLOP.
WE REALLY NEED LONG HIGH SCHOOL THAT THEY ALLOWED THEIR STUDENT USE THE BIRTH.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN REACH THE SCHOOL BOARD.
I HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER'S PHONE NUMBER.
MAYBE YOU CAN REACH THEM TO TALK TO THE NOGALES PRINCIPAL TO SEE A SURVEY.
WE NEED TO SEE HOW MANY KID UTILIZE OKAY.
SO, SO, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I DON'T THINK SOUTH HEALTH OKAY.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHICH COULD, BUT I KNOW LONG HIGH SCHOOL THEY, THEY UTILIZE, UH, QUITE A LOT.
SO WE NEED TO REALLY GET A NUMBER.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU GET A NUMBER? CERTAINLY.
WE CERTAINLY KEEP TRYING AND YEAH.
I CAN GIVE YOU THE CONNECTION WITH A SCHOOL BOWL OR THEY'LL GIVE YOU THE OKAY.
AND, UH, I THINK CITY MANAGER HAS, UH, UH, DR.
AND, UH, JULIE MITCHELL'S PHONE NUMBER, SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN CONTACT HER TO, THIS IS IMPORTANT.
WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION, WE REALLY WANT TO KNOW, LIKE, AND HOW MANY KIDS UTILIZE, WE DON'T WANT STOP IT AND THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO USE.
OR DO THEY KNOW HOW TO USE THE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF DECISION TONIGHT, BUT WE NEED A KIND OF NUMBER THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW MANY USAGE.
I, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE REACHING OUT, OUT TO THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE A BIG, UH, BIG USER OF THAT GREEN LINE.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT WAS THE POINT THAT THE COVINA, UM, SUPERINTENDENT WAS MAKING THAT, UH, IF, IF WE, THEY, THEY DON'T USE IT CURRENTLY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN THAT, IN THAT AREA.
AND, UH, IF, IF WE DID EXPAND OVER TO THAT AREA, THAT THEY WOULD USE IT AND THEY COULD PROMOTE, PROMOTE THE SERVICE AS WELL.
ALL, UH, BOTH THEY AND WEST WERE INTERESTED IN PROMOTING THE, THE USE OF THESE SYSTEMS. SO WE'LL DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO, UH, ROLAND.
UM, AND THIS REPORT IS REALLY JUST AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE ARE NOT REALLY ASKING FOR, FOR A, UM, FOR A DECISION THIS EVENING.
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE CONTINUING ON, ON THIS AND THAT, UH, OUR CONSULTANT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO, UH, TO WORK TO DEVELOP SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THIS, TO AT ATTEND, TO ATTEMPT TO, UH, UM, ATTEND TO THE CONCERNS OF THE SCHOOLS AND WILL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THE DISTRICTS AND, UH, HOPEFULLY HAVE MORE INFORMATION FROM THE RESIDENTS THROUGH THE DISCOVER SURVEY SURVEY AND, UH, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE LINKS THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
AND, UH, WE'VE GOT A QUESTION FROM COUNCILMAN TOBA.
UH, I WAS, UM, BECAUSE I WAS ALSO APPROACHED BY A, A COVINA VALLEY, UH, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, UH, WHO SHARED THE CONCERN THAT YOU, YOU SHARED, IS IT POSSIBLE WE COULD HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS? I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE ATTEMPTING TO GET AHOLD OF ROLAND, BUT TO, TO HAVE THEM ACTUALLY COME TO, TO THE COUNCIL AND EXPRESS TO US, UM, WHAT THEIR, UM, CONCERN AND, AND THE, THE USAGE OF THEIR STUDENTS AND, AND WHAT WOULD BEST WORK FOR, FOR THEM AS, AS WELL.
I, I THINK TO, TO ACTUALLY HEAR FROM THEM AND THEN WE COULD ALSO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
UH, IF WE COULD POSSIBLY TRY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK YOUR REQUEST IS, IS VALID AND SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCILMAN WE WAS SAYING.
I THINK NOT ONLY WITH THE HELP OF CITY STAFF, BUT I THINK WE COULD EACH DO OUR PART TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, GET OVER HERE.
PARTICIPATE
I THINK THE SCHOOL, OKAY, THREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAJOR THREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE HAVE COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED, WEST COVINA UNIFIED, ROLAND UNIFIED.
WE NEED TO SEND THEM THIS INFORMATION.
TELL THEM COUNCIL IS GOING MAKE A DECISION, BUT WE WANT TO BASE ON THEIR FEEDBACK.
LET THEM TO REVIEW IT, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE THIS INFORMATION, THEY DON'T WANT COME OVER HERE WITH THEIR TIME, SO, SO MAYBE WE CAN SEND THE INFORMATION FIRST.
SO THIS IS THE ROW WE ARE DESIGNING BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA SEE THE EMPTY BUSES RUNNING AROUND.
UH, WASTE THE ENERGY, WASTE, THE MANPOWER, WASTE, EVERYTHING.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN DESIGN A ROW THAT THE MOST OF THE TIME THE KID WILL USE THE HIGH SCHOOL KID.
THEY, THEY, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T DRIVE.
SO HOBO, THEY WANT TO USE THE BUS BECAUSE THEY'RE BIG ENOUGH TO RIDE A BUS THEMSELVES.
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ELEMENTARY IS IMPOSSIBLE.BUT I THINK THE, THE HIGH SCHOOL KID, THERE WILL BE A LOT.
SO I THINK, I THINK MOST IMPORTANT THING, SEND THIS INFORMATION TO ALL THE THREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THAT THEN GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK.
WE COULD PROVIDE FOLLOW UP AS WELL WITH OUR CONNECTIONS, EVERYONE WE KNOW, BUT I THINK THIS IS, UM, A KEY MOMENT FOR THEM TO COME OUT AS WINNERS, YOU KNOW, UH, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO THEIR STUDENTS WHO NEED IT, AND US FULFILLING OUR, OUR VIEW OF NO MORE EMPTY BUSES.
AND I THINK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZS VIDO, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? UH, YES.
SO, UH, YES, I DO SEE THE GREEN LINE, UM, THE HEAVY USAGE AND NOIS HIGH SCHOOL DEFINITELY USE IT.
AND I DO NOTICE THAT PEAK TIME IS AT 7:00 AM I WANTED TO FIND OUT IF THAT BUS BECOMES SUPER FULL, WHERE IT LEAVES OUT OTHER KIDS.
AND I'M JUST SAYING THIS BASED ON EXPERIENCE.
WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I TOOK THE BUS AND IF THE BUS WAS FULL, THEY'D BYPASS ME AND I WAS FORCED TO WALK 45 MINUTES
SO MAYBE WALK HAVING, HAVING TWO MAYBE WAY OR NEEDED.
BECAUSE IF THAT'S PEAK TIME, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, KIDS, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME KIDS LEFT OUT AND THEY'RE FORCED TO WALK.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF, WELL, ONE, IF IT IS THAT PACKED AND THERE ARE KIDS BEING NEGLECTED.
THE SURVEY FOR THAT AND THEN YEAH.
KEEP POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THAT OTHER BUS DURING THAT PEAK TIME TO CATER THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT.
AND, AND, AND THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S THE GOAL.
UM, I MEAN IF WE, AS, AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, IF WE NEED TWO AT THAT TIME, LET'S HAVE TWO AT THAT TIME.
AND IF WE NOTICE RIDERSHIP IS NOTHING FROM NINE TO 10, WE'LL GRAB THAT NINE TO 10 BUS AND MAKE IT AT 7:00 AM OR WHATEVER'S NEEDED.
WHATEVER, WHATEVER WORKS BEST.
THAT'S, IT'S KIND OF WHAT THE, THE CONSULTANT IS LOOKING AT CURRENTLY IS GONNA MAKE THAT A LITTLE DYNAMIC WHERE YOU'RE EXPANDING SERVICE AT THOSE, UH, PEAK TIMES.
SO, SO WE ARE NOT MAKING ANY DECISION TONIGHT, RIGHT? WE JUST, UH, THIS IS JUST, THIS IS JUST GREAT.
BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T WANT MAKE A DECISION.
BASED ON ALL INFORMATION IS NOT COMPLETE.
WE, WE NEED MORE INPUT FROM THE SCHOOL, WE NEED MORE, I KNOW WE ONLY HAVE A FEW PEOPLE SURVEY, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO APPROACH THE PEOPLE REALLY USING IT.
AND BASED ON THEIR INFORMATION, THEN WE CAN MAKE A RIGHT DECISION.
SERVICE AND PEOPLE CANNOT UTILIZE OKAY.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN REACH ALMOST EVERYBODY OKAY.
INCLUDING THE SENIOR, SENIOR CENTERS.
SCHOOL, UH, I THINK THEY ARE USING THE MOST.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A MUCH MORE COMPLETE SURVEY.
SO WE CAN MAKE A DECISION WHICH ROUTE AND THEN HOW WE UTILIZE THE ROUTE OR THE MICRO COMBINE OR THE HYBRID ONE, OR ARE WE USING THE ROUTE AND UH, OKAY.
AND, UH, THE UBER OKAY TO, FOR SOME PEOPLE TO USE.
SO WE CAN KIND OF MAKE IT OVER, MAKE IT, SEE HOW IT WORK.
BECAUSE MONROVIA IS GOING TO THE OLD UBER.
OKAY? SO THEY HAVE SOME FLOOD.
SO IT'S NOT ALL THE SYSTEM IS PERFECT, BUT WE WANT TO SEE WHICH ONE WILL BE UTILIZED FOR US.
ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS A DIAL, RIGHT? I THINK DIAL RIGHT HAVE A MAJOR FLOOD THAT LOOK LIKE THEY ONLY CAN STAY IN OUR CITY LIMIT.
BUT IF YOU LIVE IN THE BORDER, THEN YOU, YOU IN TROUBLE BECAUSE THE CROSS STREET THAT IS COUNTY OR CROSS STREET COVINA OR CROSS STREET IS WORN, HOW CAN THEY UTILIZE, OKAY, SO WE NEED TO CHANGE THE DIAL RIGHT INTO THE DISTANT RADIATION OKAY.
OF WHERE THEY GO RATHER THAN THE CITY.
AND THEN IT'S NOT FAIR FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE ON THE BORDER.
CAN WE, CAN WE CHANGE THAT? CAN WE CHANGE THE DIAL? RIGHT.
BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE USING A WHEELCHAIR, OKAY.
AND, AND THEY, THEY, THEY NEED TO USE THE DIAL, RIGHT? AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE IN WEST CORVIN CITY, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT OKAY TO TAKE A DIAL RIDE TO ANY PLACES THAT, THAT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IN THE DISTANCE THAT WE, WE APPROVE, I THINK DIALER RIGHT? HAS A THREE MILE RADIUS OUTSIDE THE, YOU SAY THEY ONLY CAN I TALK TO THE SENIOR? THEY GET TURNED DOWN.
THEY SAY THEY CANNOT GO OUTSIDE THE WEST COVIN.
THAT'S WHY I'M PRETTY SURPRISED.
SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO LOOK BACK TO YOU.
THERE'S A PROVISION FOR THREE MILES OUT OUTSIDE FOR A, UH, FOR MEDICAL REASONS.
SO, BUT, BUT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY CHANGE THAT.
THAT'S, WE CHANGE INTO THAT'S CAN CRITERIA TO CHANGE.
WE CAN GO TO THE, SO THEY HAVE MORE FREEDOM TO MOVE, MOVE AROUND WITH A DI RIGHT.
AND, UH, WE NOT RESTRICT THE ONLY THE CITY LIMIT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO IF YOU LIVE IN THE BOULDER, YOU STILL HAVE A THREE MILE, NOT, NOT, BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU HAVE TO LIVE INSIDE
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CENTRAL WESTCO DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.JUST KIND OF GOES TO THE BIGGER POINT OF LET'S OFFER WHAT'S NEEDED.
SO, SO IN THAT WAY PEOPLE LIVE, SO FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE LIVE ON THE VALLEY, OKAY.
YOU, YOU GO OUT ACROSS THE STREET, THAT'S CITY OF INDUSTRY OR COUNTY.
AND YEAH, YOU CANNOT, YOU CANNOT USE IT.
CAN WE MAKE A MOTION TO NAME? OH NO.
OR YOU JUST NEED DIRECTION OR, OKAY.
UH, SO, OKAY, I WANT TO MAKE A, OKAY, UH, COUNCIL REQUEST.
WE SHOULD CHANGE OUR RY TO THE THREE MILE.
READY THROUGH THE CHAIR IF I MAY.
ON OUR WEBSITE IT SAYS, CLIENTS MAY TRAVEL TUNE AND FROM ANY LOCATION WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OR ANY PURPOSE.
AND THE SERVICE AREA EXTENDS THREE MILES OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS FOR MEDICAL TRIPS ONLY.
BUT IF YOU WANNA REVIEW THOSE QUALIFICATIONS, WE CAN PUT THAT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
I THINK WE SHOULD CHANGE IT TO EVERYTHING THREE MILE ALREADY FOR PEOPLE CAN UTILIZE NOT ONLY THE MEDICAL, UH, ISSUE BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE MEDICAL CLINIC MAYBE EVEN MORE.
WE, MY, WE COULD ALSO HAVE AN ONGOING REQUEST FOR SUGGESTIONS AND, AND MAKE THIS KNOWN.
WE, WE GO ALONG WITH THE IMPROVEMENT.
THERE, THERE WERE, UH, IN, IN TALKING, I'LL SECOND, BY THE WAY, IN TALKING TO FOLKS, UH, ABOUT THESE SERVICES IN THE UBER PROGRAM, SOME HAD EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN THE, THE EMINENT UP ON, UH, GLENORA, THE FOOTY, FOOTHILL PRESBYTERIAN.
AND THAT'S OUTSIDE THAT RANGE OR POTENTIALLY THE CITY OF HOPE.
YOU HAVING THAT KIND OF DATA, YOU COULD, YOU COULD PROVIDE IT TO THE COUNCIL AND I THINK WE WOULD ALL SAY, YOU KNOW, FOOTHILL PRESBYTERIAN, THEY NEED TO GO THERE.
SO HOW, HOW, HOW SO WE CAN CHANGE THIS.
LET'S, FOR THE OUTCOME AGENDA, YOU GUYS OKAY.
AS SOON AS WE CAN SAP BECAUSE A LOT OF SENIOR THEY NEEDED.
SO YOU, YOU, WELL, YOUR MOTION AND IS, IS WHAT IT WAS TO, TO LOOK AT THAT.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO INCLUDE IN THE MOTION WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT REGARDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
MAKE SURE WE, YOU KNOW, REALLY FULL COURT PRESS ON, ON ENGAGEMENT FROM SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE STUDENTS YEAH.
WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY TO THE THREE SCHOOL BOARD SUPERINTENDENT AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TO EXPAND THE SURVEY AND REALLY ASK THEIR STUDENTS, HEY, NOW'S THE TIME TO, TO TELL US MM-HMM.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO SURVEY OKAY.
THE SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THE KID CAN GO TO SCHOOL ON TIME WITH TRANSPORTATION.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ ISTO QUESTION.
UM, I KNOW A LOT OF THE SURVEYS ARE DONE ONLINE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY DON'T WANNA DO THIS SURVEY ONLINE.
UM, CAN THEY SURVEY THE STUDENTS OR THOSE, UM, DURING PEAK TIME? I MEAN, IT'S RIGHT THERE.
THEY JUST VERBALLY GET THE SURVEY DOWN.
INSTEAD OF HAVING, YOU MEAN, YOU MEAN OUR BUS DRIVERS THEMSELVES? WELL, I PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER PERSON BECAUSE BUS DRIVER HAS TO LIKE, DRIVE A FOCUS, BUT OH, SO LIKE SOMEONE OUTSIDE, SOMEONE OUTSIDE OR IN THAT GOES INSIDE WITH A BUS AND LIKE GOES NEXT TO THEM, UM, AND KIND OF KINDA EXPLAIN.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY RIGHT THERE AND THEY CAN JUST SURVEY ALL THE STUDENTS AND ALL THE UH, ALL THE HIGH, HOW DO YOU LIKE THIS R ROUTE? WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE BETTER? STUFF LIKE THAT AT THE MOMENT DURING HIGH PEAK.
CAN THEY DO THAT? THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LIKELY DO BECAUSE AT LEAST YOU'LL GET THE TRUTH, YOU'LL GET ALL THE INFORMATION AND YOU'LL GET, UM, YEAH.
THEY, THEY'LL DO OTHER THINGS.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA, YOU GOTTA CATCH, FEEL LIKE IT'S A WASTE OF THE TIME.
IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BUT AT LEAST THEY'RE THERE.
IT'S THAT IN PERSON THEY'LL EXPLAIN AND THEN JUST GET YEAH.
CATCH 'EM WHEN THEY'RE IN THE MOMENT AND THEY'RE ALREADY THERE USING IT.
COUNCILMAN
UH, AND SO MAYBE THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING MAYBE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN APPROACH THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS WITH DURING THEIR HOMEROOM OR WHATEVER TO, TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE ALL THE STUDENTS, UH, WITH THE SURVEY.
I MEAN THEY, THEY KNOW THE TEACHERS, THEY KNOW HOW TO DO IT AT THE MOMENT.
SO I, WE GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
IF I MAY JUST, UH, WANNA CONFIRM THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION TO CHANGE THE DIAL AIDE
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TO A DISTANCE PROGRAM RATHER THAN JUST WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS PROGRAM.AND, UH, EXPAND THE SURVEY TO, UH, PROVIDE, TO ALLOW ENGAGEMENT FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PARTICIPATE IN WITHIN THE SURVEY AND PROVIDE THE INFORMATION TO THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WOO.
AND A SECOND BY MAYOR COSTANOS.
COUNCIL MEMBER BUY I COUNCILMAN WOO.
[CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR REPORTS OR REQUESTS? I ONLY HAVE A COMMENT.COMMENT A COMMENT REALLY QUICK.
JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY TO PUT UP.
AND, UH, STAY UP THE CITY AND, UH, I WANNA THANK MAYOR.
AND, UH, TO TELL, UH, OD AND EVERYBODY REGARDING HOW GREAT OUR CITY IMPROVEMENT.
THE POLICE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, IS A, A VERY, VERY GOOD EVENT.
I'M REALLY APPRECIATE CONTINUE CITY AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS EVENT.
HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE GET EVEN BIGGER WHEN WE ARE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
SO, SO AGAIN, I WANNA THANK CT EFFORT TO PUT THIS AND OKAY.
I HEARD ABOUT SOMEBODY HAVE A THREE PLATE, BUT OTHER THAN I DON'T KNOW WHO, BUT THAT MEANS IT WAS GOOD.
CT AND THE CITY STAFF, I REALLY APPRECIATE AND I WANNA THANK ALL THE, OKAY.
UM, ALL THE PEOPLE WE SEE THE RECIPIENT ABOUT THE WORLD FOR THE LIFE SAVING AND THE HERO OF THE YEAR, TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
AND TOO BAD, THE WORLD IN UNIFIED SCHOOL DIDN'T SHOW UP OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
LET'S FIND THE TIME, NOT THE BOARD MEETING.
HOPEFULLY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE CAN FIND THE TIME.
THEY CAN, THEY CAN, THEY CAN, UH, ATTEND BECAUSE RO UNIFY IS ONE THIRD OF OUR POPULATION, SO WE REALLY NEED THEM TO JOIN OUR STAY OF THE CITY WITH THEIR TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
SO HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR AND TRY TO FIND A SCHEDULE NOW IN THEIR MEETING TIME.
OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK IT'S GREAT EVENT AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE RECEIVED.
OF THE YEAR AND THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND THE POLICE OFFICE OF THE YEAR, FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL DAY, HOWARD.
ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR REPORTS? SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURN.